Mark Miravalle (born 1959) is a professor of theology at

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, specializing in

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. He is president of ''Vox Populi Mariae Mediatrici'', a Catholic movement promoting the concepts of the

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and

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Life

Mark Miravalle was born in 1959 in San Francisco, where he attended Catholic schools.Russell, Jane Jarboe. "Seeking a Promotion for the Virgin Mary", ''New York Times'', December 23, 2000
/ref> He made his undergraduate studies in theology as a student in the St. Ignatius Institute (Catholic

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program) of the

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. Miravalle was married in 1981. He continued his studies at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas ''Angelicum'' in

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where he earned a Licentiate of Sacred Theology and a

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. In 1984 he and his wife made a pilgrimage to Medjugorje. The following year, Miravalle wrote his doctoral dissertation on ''The message of Medjugorje : a post conciliar formulation of Lourdes and Fatima'' on the message of the alleged Marian apparitions at

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Career

As of 2009, Miravalle holds the rank of Professor of Theology at Franciscan University, where he has taught since 1986, and where he has received several teaching awards. His areas of specialization are

and spiritual theology. In 2018, Miravalle was named St. John Paul II Chair of Mariology at Franciscan University.

Mariological activities

Miravalle is a member of the Mariological Society of America and the ''Ecumenical Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary'', U.S.A. In the preface to Miravalle's book ''Introduction Mary'' Cardinal Edouard Gagnon stated that Mark Miravalle is "internationally renowned for his unquestioned fidelity to the Church's Magisterium and for his outstanding scholarship". Miravalle is president of ''Vox Populi Mariae Mediatrici'', a

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movement which seeks the solemn papal definition of the Spiritual Maternity of the

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, the

, as

of All Graces, and Advocate for the People of God. Miravalle has given numerous international lectures in Mariology, has addressed several Catholic bishops' conferences, and has served members of the episcopal hierarchy with preliminary investigations for reported apparitions. Miravalle publishes a bi-monthly Marian e-zine, ''Mother of All Peoples''.

Media appearances

Miravalle has made numerous appearances on Catholic television and radio for

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, the

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, ''National Family Catholic Radio'', and ''Air Maria'', the media project of the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate. He has been interviewed for

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Latin America,

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