the “Miraculous House of Norfolk” in Walsingham was supplanted by the Holy House of Loreto in Italy, near Ancona, but this chapel remains one of the most important Marian Catholic shrines in England, a country

cycling, it owes it to a cycling enthusiast, Father Joseph Massie. In the 1950s, during a bicycle trip near Lake Como in Italy, the priest discovered the Madonna del Ghisallo, a chapel dedicated to cycling

have multiple sclerosis, I had a sense of hopelessness. Anticipating a total loss of autonomy in the near future, I was contemplating ending my life so as not to become a burden to my family. The priest gave

other words, to live in the purity of her immaculate heart, which will "triumph"! ”Yes, my return is near! Amen, come, Lord Jesus!” (Rev 22:20). Françoise Breynaert In Fatima 1917-2017, La dévotion au cœur

shepherd called Gaspard Ricard was parched with thirst. His flask of water was dry and he was nowhere near a stream or body of water. Ricard sat down on the dry grass in agony. At that point an older man suddenly

dream that remained deeply etched in my mind all my life. In this dream, it seemed to me that I was near our house in a very spacious courtyard where a crowd of children were playing. Some laughed, many

mercy with courage, at the cost of their own lives, so that we may have eternal life, he argued. Nearly 300,000 Catholics suffered and were killed because of their faith between the 17 th and 19 th centuries

Rencurel (1647-1718), a shepherdess who received the visit of the Virgin Mary on a mountain slope for nearly 54 years; the 10th anniversary of the official approval of the apparitions at Laus; and finally,

whom she had loved so much. A popular pilgrimage was set up around her room and her tomb, located near the high altar of the parish church of Balasar. Declared venerable on January 12, 1996, she was beatified

March 18 – Our Lady of Mercy (Italy, 1586) Mary of Heaven One summer evening in 1859, near the Picheloup Woods in Arnaud-Guilhem (France), four girls aged 8 to 9, met a little girl between the age of 4