peace in the world In August 1931, during a period of rest and convalescence in Rianjo, a small town near Pontevedra, Spain, the Lord complained to Sister Lucia of Fatima about the lack of response concerning
mine. I was always wary and I demanded the constitutionally guaranteed freedom of religion. He came near me and said, "I have something to tell you. Listen ... yesterday, while I was inspecting homes in
pray. The movement was called "France Prays". By the second Wednesday after the launch in France, nearly 1,250 prayer locations were listed in the country. Today, there are 2860 and to the great surprise
stone for the shrine, in the presence of 30,000 faithful. In 1931, his successor founded an orphanage near the shrine. In 1947, the "via matris" was built, retracing the itinerary of the Virgin's series of
sent on a reconnaissance mission on a captured horse, without a saddle or bridle... He was riding near the French border when, suddenly, at the sound of a trumpet, the horse took off at full speed, reared
an anticlerical spirit was raging in Portugal, the people built the shrine of Our Lady of Sameiro, near the city of Braga. This shrine-basilica is the first Portuguese church to be consecrated to the dogma
Marian town, and here is why: Tradition says that Mary appeared to a soldier of the Frankish army (1) near the end of the 5th century. Wounded and exhausted, this man was left behind and to his own devices
ordered her to marry the young Duke Louis of Orleans, who ignored her and was unfaithful to her for nearly 30 years. Their marriage was never consummated, and was eventually annulled in 1498 at the request
of the apparition: "In the 18th century, a child aged twelve to fourteen had gone to a small wood near the village of Pancheraccia to gather wood. As she had wandered off and it was getting dark, she began
The ancient Marian shrine of Verdelais in southwestern France The shrine of Our Lady of Verdelais, near Bordeaux, is dedicated to Our Lady Consoler of the Afflicted. It is almost a thousand years old! A