Church Recognizes Virgin Mary 17th Century Appearances to shepherd girl in French Alps

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Today - May 4 @ 4:00 PM, this article was posted as news on the Comcast Web site. I don’t see this news, yet, at EWTN’s News pages.

Church recognizes Virgin Mary appearances in France

comcast.net/news/articles/world/europe/2008/05/04/France.Virgin.Mary/.

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PARIS - A Roman Catholic bishop said Sunday that the church has officially recognized that the Virgin Mary appeared to a 17th-century shepherd girl in the French alps,

P.S. I don’t know exactly which category this goes onto… so I thought this might be the place…?
 
Thanks for that link!! The British newspaper, Telegraph. Hmmm.

Thanks for that article!! I’m looking forward to hearing about this on World Over at EWTN!!
 
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Roman Catholic Church recognizes 17th century apparitions of Virgin Mary to French shepherdess
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PARIS: A Roman Catholic bishop said Sunday that the church has officially recognized that the Virgin Mary appeared to a teenage shepherd girl in the French Alps starting in the mid-1600s.
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The announcement marks the first time the church has recognized apparitions of the Virgin Mary in France since those in southwestern Lourdes 150 years ago, the diocese of Gap and Embrun said.
Speaking at Mass in Laus in remarks broadcast nationally on France-2 television, Monsignor Jean-Michel di Falco Leandri said he recognized the “supernatural origin” of the apparitions to 17-year-old shepherd girl Benoite Rencurel starting in 1664 and running through 1718.
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The bishop, in an interview on France-Info radio, said the decision meant the church “has committed itself in an official way to say to pilgrims ‘you can come here in total confidence.’” The recognition process involved a panel of experts including two theologians and an investigating judge, he said.
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VeronicaAnne said:
Today - May 4 @ 4:00 PM, this article was posted as news on the Comcast Web site. I don’t see this news, yet, at EWTN’s News pages.

Church recognizes Virgin Mary appearances in France

comcast.net/news/articles/world/europe/2008/05/04/France.Virgin.Mary/.

The first paragraph of the article is this. To read the rest of the article, click on the Web address above.

PARIS - A Roman Catholic bishop said Sunday that the church has officially recognized that the Virgin Mary appeared to a 17th-century shepherd girl in the French alps,

P.S. I don’t know exactly which category this goes onto… so I thought this might be the place…?
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Thank you for posting this, I had never heard of Our Lady Of Laus, what a beautifull story. I am glad the Church has officially recognized it!👍
 
Nordar said:
Thank you for posting this, I had never heard of Our Lady Of Laus, what a beautifull story. I am glad the Church has officially recognized it!👍
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You’re welcome! I am glad that the Church does NOT officially recognize apparitions until ALL confirmations that such has happened is confirmed. So many “so-and-so appeared” stories abound out there.

One of the requirements for an apparition to be declared by the Magisterium is that the apparition must have finally finished occuring. I’m sure that’s why the Medjugorge apparitions are not yet confirmed by the Church.
 
VeronicaAnne said:
Thanks very much, Richard, for this YouTube link!! I just now watched it. Good news!!! I notice that what Our Lady is asking us to pray for has to do with abortions… back in the late 1600’s, too!!
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That jumped out at me also!
 
VeronicaAnne said:
You’re welcome! I am glad that the Church does NOT officially recognize apparitions until ALL confirmations that such has happened is confirmed. So many “so-and-so appeared” stories abound out there.

One of the requirements for an apparition to be declared by the Magisterium is that the apparition must have finally finished occuring. I’m sure that’s why the Medjugorge apparitions are not yet confirmed by the Church.
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Agreed!
 
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