36,800
edits
Line 14: | Line 14: | ||
Bishop José Alves Correia da Silva declared the events worthy of belief on 13 October 1930. On 13 May 1946, Pope Pius XII granted a canonical coronation to the venerated image enshrined at the Chapel of the Apparitions of Fátima via his apostolic legate, Cardinal Benedetto Aloisi Masella. On 11 November 1954, he raised the Sanctuary of Fátima to the status of a minor basilica by his papal brief Lucer superna. | Bishop José Alves Correia da Silva declared the events worthy of belief on 13 October 1930. On 13 May 1946, Pope Pius XII granted a canonical coronation to the venerated image enshrined at the Chapel of the Apparitions of Fátima via his apostolic legate, Cardinal Benedetto Aloisi Masella. On 11 November 1954, he raised the Sanctuary of Fátima to the status of a minor basilica by his papal brief Lucer superna. | ||
The published memoirs of Lúcia dos Santos in the 1930s revealed two secrets that she claimed came from the Virgin while the third secret was to be revealed by the Catholic Church in 1960. The controversial events at Fátima gained fame due partly to elements of the secrets, prophecy and eschatological revelations allegedly related to the Second World War and possibly more global wars in the future, particularly the Virgin's alleged request for the Consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_F%C3%A1tima Lady of Fatima]</ref> | The published memoirs of Lúcia dos Santos in the 1930s revealed two secrets that she claimed came from the Virgin while the third secret was to be revealed by the Catholic Church in 1960. The controversial events at Fátima gained fame due partly to elements of the secrets, prophecy and eschatological revelations allegedly related to the Second World War and possibly more global wars in the future, particularly the Virgin's alleged request for the Consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. | ||
*1917 ~ Six Appearances by Our Lady | |||
* May 13, 1917 ~ The First Apparition. | |||
* June 13, 1917 ~ The Second Apparition. | |||
* July 13, 1917 ~ The third apparition. | |||
* August 19, 1917 ~ The fourth apparition. | |||
* September 13, 1917 ~ The fifth apparition. | |||
* October 13, 1917 ~ The sixth apparition. | |||
<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_F%C3%A1tima Lady of Fatima]</ref> | |||
==Lady of Lourdes== | ==Lady of Lourdes== |