Editing Pope Benedict XV (section)

=== Mariology ===
[[File:SalusPopuliromanicrowned.jpg|thumb|right|170px|"''[[Salus Populi Romani]]''"]]

Pope Benedict personally addressed in numerous letters the pilgrims at Marian sanctuaries. He named Mary the Patron of Bavaria, and permitted, in Mexico, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Guadaloupe. He authorised the Feast of Mary Mediator of all Graces.<ref name="AAS 1921, 345" /> He condemned the misuse of Marian statues and pictures, dressed in priestly robes, which he outlawed 4 April 1916.<ref>AAS 1916 146 Baumann in Marienkunde; 673</ref>

During [[World War I]], Benedict placed the world under the protection of the [[Mary, mother of Jesus|Blessed Virgin Mary]] and added the invocation ''Mary Queen of Peace'' to the [[Litany of Loreto]]. He promoted [[Veneration of Mary in the Catholic Church|Marian veneration]] throughout the world by elevating 20 well-known Marian shrines such as [[Ettal Abbey]] in Bavaria into [[minor basilica]]s. He also promoted Marian devotions in May.<ref>Schmidlin 179–339</ref> The dogmatic constitution on the Church issued by the [[Second Vatican Council]] quotes the Marian theology of Benedict XV.<ref>C VII, §&nbsp;50</ref>

Pope Benedict issued the motu proprio ''Bonum sane'' on 25 July 1920, encouraging devotion to [[Saint Joseph]] "since through St. Joseph we go directly to Mary, and through Mary to the source of every holiness, Jesus Christ, who consecrated the domestic virtues with his obedience to St. Joseph and Mary."<ref>Pope Benedict XV, ''Bonum Sane'', §&nbsp;4, Vatican, 25 July 1920</ref>

He issued an encyclical on [[Ephraim the Syrian]] depicting Ephraim as a model of Marian devotion, as well as the [[Ecclesiastical letter#Letters of the popes in modern times|Apostolic Letter]] ''Inter Soldalica'' of 22 March 1918.<ref name="AAS, 1918, 181">AAS, 1918, 181</ref>
* "As the blessed Virgin Mary does not seem to participate in the public life of Jesus Christ, and then, suddenly appears at the stations of his cross, she is not there without divine intention. She suffers with her suffering and dying son, almost as if she would have died herself. For the salvation of mankind, she gave up her rights as the mother of her son and sacrificed him for the reconciliation of divine justice, ''as far as she was permitted to do''. Therefore, ''one can say'', she redeemed with Christ the human race."<ref name="AAS, 1918, 181" />