As on the other occasions, Lucia, Francisco and Jacinta first saw a bright light and then they saw Our Lady over the holm oak. Lucia: What does Your Grace wish of me? Our Lady: I wish to tell you that I want a chapel built here in my honour. I am the Lady of the...
The Outburst Queer Arts Festival of Belfast is promoting a blasphemous piece called “The Gospel According to Jesus Queen of Heaven.” Just the title should fill us with indignation. The piece, which already met with fury in Scotland where it made its debut, is “a revolutionary queer ritual in which bread is shared, wine is...
A crowd estimated at 20,000 observed atmospheric phenomena similar to those of the previous apparitions: the sudden cooling of the air, a dimming of the sun to the point where the stars could be seen, and a rain resembling iridescent petals or snowflakes that disappeared before touching the ground. This time, a luminous globe was...
On 13 August, the day the fourth apparition was scheduled, the three children were unable to meet Our Lady at the Cova da Iria. They had been kidnapped by the mayor of Vila Nova de Ourém, who tried to force them to tell him the Secret. The children held firm, despite the mayor imprisoning them...
The father of Jacinta and Francisco noticed that when the third apparition began, a small grayish cloud hovered over the holm oak, the sunlight diminished, and a cool breeze blew over the mountain range, despite it being the height of summer. On this day the following words were exchanged between Lucia and Our Lady: Lucia:...
The world has sadly turned away from God and it has become in many respects a ferocious river taking with it all that it can engulf and destroy within its torrential waters.
Written by Voice of the Family ROME, 18th June 2015 The international coalition Voice of the Family is deeply concerned by the omission from the encyclical letter Laudato Si of a reaffirmation of the Church’s teaching against contraception and on procreation as the primary end of the sexual act. The encyclical, published this morning, contains...
Flashes of light in the sky preceded the second apparition, just as the first. On this occasion, approximately fifty people accompanied the children. Although no one but the children saw Our Lady, others did notice unusual phenomena. The sun became dimmer during the apparition and stars were plainly visible even though it was midday. People...
The Sacrament of Marriage is under vicious attack here in Ireland. We are organising two talks dealing with the Crisis of the Family in Europe and at the Synod. Please try to make it for this presentation on such a crucial subject. In Cork on Tuesday evening – SMA Hall, Wilton, Cork City, 7.30 pm...
