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"For conversion to Christ you must go to the Virgin Mary so that she leads us back to Him," he told the delegates, adding that Mary leads us to "drink from the cool waters of Jesus Christ."

The International Mariological Symposium is organized by the "Marianum" Pontifical Theological Faculty and takes place every two years. Its aim is to "foster studies on the Mother of God in the context of today."

"Marian studies have grown very well and are of high quality," he said, noting the high quality of conference contributors throughout the week.

"Mary acts in the world today in many different ways," explained Fr. Gian Matteo Roggio of the Marianum Pontifical Theological Faculty in remarks to CNA.

He explained that whenever Christ is manifested in the liturgy, then Mary is there too because "Mary is in Christ, she is in the body of Christ." Fr. Roggio said that Mary is also present today as a model of Christian life. "Mary acts also in the life of the believers, because she is an example."

"The meaning of Mary is not only for the believer. Because she was a woman of freedom, she is for all men and all women," he concluded.