"With a heart that is truly a mother's does she approach the problem of our salvation, and is solicitous for the whole human race; made Queen of heaven and earth by the Lord, exalted above all choirs of angels and saints, and standing at the right hand of her only Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, she intercedes powerfully for us with a mother's prayers, obtains what she seeks, and cannot be refused." - Blessed Pope Pius IX

Read more in Pope Pius XII's encyclical, Ad Caeli Reginam, proclaiming the Queenship of Mary