Fatima

Sister Lúcia Closer to Beatification

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From the Sanctuário de Fátima:

Sister Lucia closer to beatification

Rector of the Shrine of Fatima asked pilgrims to pray

The diocesan phase of the process for the canonization of Sister Lucia de Jesus (1907-2005), one of the three seers of Fatima, ended and it will now pass to the competency of the Holy See and the Pope.

The announcement was made today through a communication of the Diocese of Coimbra, published in the diocesan journal «Correio de Coimbra», the diocese where the religious sister died and where the process started, on the 30th of April 2008, by decision of the then bishop Albino Cleto.

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Vision of Fátima: Book

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Happy Feast Day of St. Scholastica!!

Back in 2008 I read a book entitled Vision of Fatima by Fr. Thomas McGlynn, O.P.

Father was the sculptor who made the statue of Our Lady of Fátima that stands on the façade of the original Basilica in Fátima. I remember being quite impressed by his book Vision of Fatima, which records his experience of working with Sr. Lúcia to make the statue as well as his interpretation of Fátima.

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