What Catholics Believe About Mary: Immaculate Conception, Virginity & the Rosary
What Catholics Believe
•
10-Dec-2025
Join Dr. Edward Sri as he answers some of the internet's most asked questions about Mary. Who is Mary? Why do Catholics pray to Mary? How could she be a virgin if Jesus had brothers and sisters according to the Bible? Find out answers to these and more questions in this episode of What Catholics Believe.
00:00 What Catholics Believe about Mary
00:16 Who is Mary
00:51 Why do Catholics worship Mary?
01:41 Do Catholics give too much attention to Mary?
02:36 Why do Catholics pray to Mary?
03:18 Are we supposed to be praying to dead people?
03:52 Shouldn't we go directly to God with our prayers?
05:09 What is the Immaculate Conception?
05:44 How was Mary conceived without sin?
07:15 Is there biblical support for the Immaculate Conception?
08:58 What are the other Marian dogmas?
09:45 How could Mary be a virgin if the bible says Jesus had brothers and sisters?
10:54 Why do we call Mary our mother?
12:16 What is the Rosary?
13:22 Where did the Rosary come from?
15:15 Why do Catholics pray the Hail Mary?
Buy "Rethinking Mary" here: https://catholic.market/publishers/ignatius-press-augustine-institute/rethinking-mary-in-the-new-testament/
Watch Lectio: Mary here: https://app.formed.org/app/collections/123211
Up Next in What Catholics Believe
-
What Catholics Believe About Confessi...
Join Dr. Jim Prothro, associate professor of Scripture and Theology at the Augustine Institute Graduate School of Theology, as he answers some of the internet's most pressing questions about the Sacrament of Confession. Can a priest share the sins I confess? What is confession? Find out answers t...
-
How Someone Becomes a Saint: What Cat...
Join David Uebbing as he unpacks the Catholic Church’s process of canonization—what it means, how it works, and why Saints matter in the life of faith. What are the stages of canonization? What qualifies someone to be declared a Saint? Do miracles still happen? And how can you become a Saint? Fin...
-
What Catholics Believe About Christma...
Join Dr. Michael Barber, professor of Scripture and theology at the Augustine Institute Graduate School of Theology, as he answers some of the Internet's most popular questions about Christmas. What are the 12 days of Christmas? Was Santa Claus a real person? What is Advent?
00:00 Intro
00:19...
20 Comments