J.M.J.
A Happy
Announcement
On Thursday, April 20th
during an ordinary public consistory, Pope Francis disclosed that he will
canonize Blesseds Francisco Marto (+1919) and Jacinta Marto (+1920) who, along
with Lucia dos Santos (+2005), experienced the six apparitions of the Blessed
Virgin Mary at the Cova da Iria near Fatima, Portugal during 1917.
The Holy Father will celebrate the
Canonization Mass in the enormous Square in front of the Shrine of Our Lady of
Fatima on Saturday, May 13th, which will be the one hundredth
anniversary of Mary’s first appearance there.
Pope Francis will be the fourth Bishop
of Rome to visit Fatima: Blessed Paul VI (1967); Saint John Paul II (1982, 1991,
2000); Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI (2010). During 1977, Albino Cardinal Luciano
(+1978), the Patriarch of Venice and the future Pope John Paul I, visited the
Monastery of Saint Teresa in Coimbra, Portugal where Sister Maria Lucia of
Jesus and the Immaculate Heart lived as a Discalced Carmelite. He celebrated
Mass in the Carmel’s Chapel and spoke with Sister Lucia.
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