Marialis cultus

The Apostolic Letter Marialis Cultus by Pope Paul VI. treated " the right care and development of Marian devotion " and comes on 2 February 1974. The three main parts deal with the Marian devotion in the liturgy, the renewal of Marian devotion and references to pious exercises (such as the rosary and the angel of the Lord).

Among other things, writes Pope Paul VI. in No. 57, that Christ is the only way to the Father but is ( cf. Jn 14.4 to 11 EU, the Church, guided by the Holy Spirit, and teaching by a centuries-old experience that " the veneration of the Blessed Virgin, the worship is subordinate to the divine Redeemer, and connected with it, has a great pastoral effectiveness and constitutes a force that is able to renew the Christian morals ". the diverse mission of Mary in God's people is" a reality that is effective in a supernatural way and in the ecclesiastical organism fruitful " will.