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March 15, 2019

The year Our Lady froze the St. Lawrence

Our Lady watches over the horse-drawn sleds bringing building materials across the Rosary Bridge in this painting of the miracle of the ice bridge.

Anyone who has experienced the cold of a Quebec winter, where the wind whipping up the St. Lawrence Valley will chill the bones of even the hardiest of souls and it is a given that the mighty St. Lawrence will freeze over, can be forgiven for thinking a mild winter in this part of Canada is a myth.

Published in Faith
April 16, 2017

Fatima seers are holy because of virtue, not visions, says Portuguese cardinal

Portuguese shepherd children Lucia dos Santos, center, and her cousins, Jacinta and Francisco Marto, are seen in a file photo taken around the time of the 1917 apparitions of Mary at Fatima.

VATICAN CITY – As extraordinary as the apparitions at Fatima, Portugal, nearly 100 years ago were, the sanctity of the shepherd children did not hinge on their having seen Mary, a cardinal said.

Published in Faith
September 10, 2016

Marian retreat aimed at the ‘little souls’

The Marian Consecration for Little Souls retreat uses two cartoon characters: Fr. G, a surfing priest who “surfs for souls,” and BB, a blue butterfly.

OTTAWA – An Ottawa couple has created a retreat for children based on stories of Marian apparitions to encourage “little souls” to consecrate themselves to Jesus through Mary.

Published in Retreat & Renewal Centres
June 8, 2015

Vatican ready to announce decision, guidelines on Medjugorje, Pope says

Pope Francis speaks to journalists aboard his flight from Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, to Rome June 6. At left is Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, the Vatican spokesman. The pope announced on the return flight that a decision soon will be announced conc erning alleged Marian apparitions in Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina.

ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina - Pope Francis said the Vatican was ready to make an announcement concerning the alleged Marian apparitions in Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Published in International