Fatima Sighting Nun Dead At 97 – CBS News
Sister Lucia Marto, the last of three children who claimed to have seen the Virgin Mary in a series of 1917 apparitions in the town of Fatima, has died, Portuguese media reported. She was 97. Sister Lucia, a Roman Catholic nun, had been ill for the past three months and died Sunday at the Convent of Carmelitas in Coimbra, 120 miles north of Lisbon, TSF radio reported, citing family sources.
Our Lady of Fátima – Wikipedia
Our Lady of Fátima (Portuguese: Nossa Senhora de Fátima, formally known as Our Lady of the Holy Rosary of Fátima, European Portuguese: [ˈnɔsɐ sɨˈɲoɾɐ dɨ ˈfatimɐ] Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈnɔsɐ siˈɲɔɾɐ dʒi ˈfatʃimɐ]), is a Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary based on the famed Marian apparitions reported in 1917 by three shepherd children at the Cova da Iria, in Fátima, Portugal.
Miracle of the Sun – Wikipedia
Pope Pius XII approved the "Fatima apparitions" in 1940. Four times during the week that he declared the dogma of the Assumption of Mary (33 years after the actual event said to have occurred in Fatima), Pope Pius XII claimed to have witnessed the same "Miracle of the Sun".
Fatima UFO sightings similar to Marian Apparitions, Blessed …
For example, Wendelle Stevens did this straightforwardly in one of his books, in a chapter entitled "The Fatima UFO Sightings." Jacques Vallee also argued that the events at Fatima are UFO encounters and not divine miracles as understood by the Catholic Church.
A WARNING? Sightings of the Virgin Mary spike around the …
Our Lady of Fatima (Joseph Ferrara Our Lady of Fatima in LA Archdiocese/Flickr). We pray for Pope Francis, the Holy Mother Church, and all her believers and even the unbelievers. May all hearts be converted before it's too late.
Our Lady of Fatima: The Virgin Mary … – The Washington Post
News of the visions spread by word of mouth, and the following month a small crowd waited with the children to witness the second apparition June 13. At the third sighting, on July 13, the children said the Virgin Mary revealed three secrets to them about the future. Interest in what was happening in Fatima grew more intense.
Miracle of Fatima | United Church of God
Pope Francis recently visited Fatima, Portugal, the location of the most famous alleged sighting of the virgin Mary, to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of the supposed event.
The Lies of Fatima – Eye Of The Psychic
The apparition of the Virgin Mary at Fatima in origin had nothing to do with prophecies or, indeed, the Virgin Mary. But through a series of manipulations, the Church created one of the most elaborate lies, which formed the backdrop of major political events.
Apparitions and Appearances – Mary, Mother of God – Catholic …
Apparition: The name given to various kinds of supernatural visions of heavenly beings and is frequently applied to the visions associated with Mary. Private revelation: This comes from a vision and communication from Mary or other heavenly beings. "Revelation" is the body of truths found in the Scriptures and Sacred Tradition of the Church.
The Miracle of Fatima – Portugal Catholic Pilgrimages …
Between May and October of 1917 three shepherd children, Lucia Santos and her cousins Jacinta and Francisco Marto, reported visions of a luminous lady believed to be the Virgin Mary.