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Vatican Grants ‘Nihil Obstat’ to Our Lady of Mercy Shrine in France
The Vatican has affirmed that there are no objections to the 19th-century apparitions of Our Lady of Mercy at the Shrine of Pellevoisin.
The Vatican has affirmed that there are no objections to the 19th-century apparitions of Our Lady of Mercy at the Shrine of Pellevoisin.
‘It is the message of Fatima,’ Bishop John Shojiro Ito, who formally approved the 1973 Marian apparitions, told the Japanese nun, who died this month.
Japanese nun and Catholic convert died Aug. 15.
The Marian shrine in Santa Domenica was built around a boulder, the site of Mary’s alleged appearances to 18-year-old Cosimo Fragomeni from May 11–14, 1968.
‘This painting highlights the Eucharistic element of Our Lady of Champion by uniting the three apparitions to Adele Brise into a single image,’ says artist Gwyneth Thompson-Briggs.
‘We strive to be like Our Lady together.’
The apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Pierina Gilli took place in Brescia, Italy, in 1947 and 1966
Since 1900, more than 120 alleged Marian apparitions have received an official rejection from Church authorities; and new Vatican norms could lead to more explicit rejections.
Makes It Easier for Church Officials to Draw a Conclusion
COMMENTARY: The new norms make no mention of Medjugorje, but it would be fair speculation to think that they were designed to make reaching a conclusion about Medjugorje easier.
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