Mark Miravalle is a professor of theology at Franciscan University of Steubenville, specializing in Mariology. He is president of Vox Populi Mariae Mediatrici, a Catholic movement promoting the concepts of the Blessed Virgin Mary as Mediatrix and Co-Redemptrix.
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Mark Miravalle made his undergraduate studies in theology as a student in the St. Ignatius Institute (Catholic Great Books program) of the University of San Francisco. He earned the Licentiate of Sacred Theology and Doctor of Sacred Theology degrees at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome. His doctoral dissertation was on the message of the alleged Marian apparitions at Medjugorje.
As of 2009, Dr. 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 Mariology and spiritual theology.
Miravalle is a member of the Mariological Society of America and the Ecumenical Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary, U.S.A.
He is president of Vox Populi Mariae Mediatrici, a Roman Catholic movement which seeks the solemn papal definition of the Spiritual Maternity of the Mother of God, the Blessed Virgin Mary, as Co-Redemptrix, Mediatrix of All Graces, and Advocate for the People of God.[1][2]
Dr. 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.
Miravalle has made numerous appearances on Catholic television and radio for EWTN, the Apostolate for Family Consecration, National Family Catholic Radio, and Air Maria, the media project of the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate.
He has been interviewed for CNN Latin America, BBC, Fox News, and the NBC series Dateline.
Mark Miravalle has written and edited numerous books and articles in the areas of Mariology and Marian private revelation. He is also a contributor to National Catholic Register and Inside the Vatican.
Miravalle is married and has eight children. He was ordained in 1997 as a permanent deacon of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Steubenville.[3]