Pope Francis does have a special devotion to Our Lady, Undoer of Knots. While studying in Germany in the 1980s, he discovered this devotion at the Church of St. Peter Perlach in Augsburg. In the church, there is a painting from about 1700 that depicts Mary in heaven surrounded by angels. She holds a long ribbon and is untying a large knot, one of several on the ribbon.
This devotion had a profound impact on Pope Francis. As archbishop of Buenos Aires, he introduced and encouraged the devotion to Our Lady, Undoer of Knots. The devotion became so intensely popular throughout Argentina and Brazil that the British Guardian called it “a religious craze.”
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