siblings became a doctor. In the mid-1970s, Luz was diagnosed with cancer. As time went by, the prognosis worsened. By 1979, her cancer was deemed terminal. Then she traveled to Lourdes, where she was instantly [...] but it is not the case. The first apparition of the Virgin took place in Cortès on May 1, 1981. It was followed by a message inviting people to pray the rosary. This request was repeated throughout the [...] seven bilocations were recorded. One of these is attested by Father Alfonso Maria Lopez Sendin, her confessor. Other phenomena, which were witnessed by people totally unrelated to Luz Amparo's family or sy

the Chapel of the Apparition at Knock Mhuire / © CC BY-SA 4.0 / KnockShrine Reasons to believe: The duration of the apparition - almost two hours - clearly proves that it was not an optical illusion. The [...] thought they were statues installed there by the village priest, and continued on her way. But a little later, McLoughlin passed down the same street again, accompanied by a friend. This time she was astonished: [...] Our Lady Queen of Ireland, was built; it was blessed by Archbishop Conway, Primate of Ireland, and elevated to the rank of basilica three years later by Saint John Paul II, who visited the shrine on one of

foundation in 1869. This men's branch of the new order was supplemented in the 1870s by a women's branch, the "Daughters of Mary Help of Christians", followed by a lay branch, the "Pious Union of Salesian [...] explained that, around midday, she had been visited by an elderly man , dressed in a cassock, whom she had never met before. The visitor knew - she didn't know how - that she was looking after a very sick little [...] Admired by Pope Leo XIII, who sometimes sought his advice, John Bosco was beatified in 1929 by Pius XI, whom he had met when he was just a young priest. The same pontiff declared him a saint on April 1, 1934

the Duke of Aquitaine, produced in 1850 by Beauvais Hippolyte. Painting : Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090 - 1153) and William X (1099 - 1137), Duke of Aquitaine, by Martin Pepin (Musée des Beaux-Arts, V [...] collapsed, as if in convulsions. When Bernard de Clairvaux ordered him to reconcile with the Bishop of Poitiers - an opponent of Anaclet II - the Duke surprisingly complied, embracing him. After this [...] Twelfth Century by Abbé Theodore Ratisbonne, TAN Books; 900th Anniversary Edition (January 1, 1991) More information: The Life and Times of St. Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux A.D. 1091-1153 by James Cotter Morison

Palestine 1st century Onomastics support the historical reliability of the Gospels Onomastics studies the distribution of first names at a given period. Applied to the Gospels, this science provides a [...] Palestine in the first century. If the evangelists had wanted to invent a list of first names in order to tell fictional stories, it is highly unlikely that they would have succeeded in producing such [...] whom the evangelists had direct or indirect contact. If the New Testament texts had been written later by people who made up a story, the first names they invented would not have coincided at all and it would

Great Peshtigo Fire - which still holds the record for the most devastating fire in U.S. history - broke out in northeastern Wisconsin, killing as many as 2,400 people and burning 1.2 million acres. The [...] apparitions and words received by Adele Brise in October 1859 are of a supernatural nature, and hereby approve these apparitions as worthy of belief - although not obligatory - for the Christian faithful. [...] was seized by a missionary zeal: her sudden commitment and incredible energy to proclaim the Gospel to those around her had no apparent explanation, apart from the mission entrusted to her by the Virgin

where the Virgin Mary and the Infant Jesus had already appeared a few decades earlier, surrounded by Saint Michael and Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. Cotignac is therefore like another Nazareth: a secluded [...] Jesus, Mary and Joseph can be found! Fronton de l'église du monastère Saint-Joseph-du-Bessillon /© CC BY-SA 4.0/GB Laissac Reasons to believe: The story is historically undisputed . In the moment, Gaspard [...] it. Gaspard thought he was joking, but the " venerable old man ", as the story goes, repeated his order. Gaspard obeyed, moved the rock effortlessly and discovered freshwater beginning to trickle. He drank

to believe: In an unprecedented move, her beatification process was opened by the Church just a few months after her death - a first since the 14th century. The "marks" on Maria Grazia's body (wounds, [...] the Church. She was accompanied by her sister Drusiana. Another "Tarallo girl", Giuditta, joined them in 1894. As a novice, Maria Grazia edified the nuns of the convent by her humility, obedience and charity [...] in the form of interior locutions. She offered herself as a victim for all sinners - whom she knew are so numerous - and for priests, some of whom had become unworthy, while others were in spiritual danger

coming . ” ( Jn 16: 12-13 ). Let's add that Jesus wanted his Church to be one - " So that they may all be one " ( Jn 17:21 ) - and to endure through the ages: " I am with you always, unto the end of the [...] the Church founded by Jesus must be able to teach the truth infallibly through the constant intervention of the Holy Spirit, for she is the " pillar and foundation of the truth " ( 1 Tim 3:15 ). Indeed [...] necessarily lost and rapidly falls apart. Summary: An important aspect of our faith, often forgotten by our contemporaries, is the importance of the Church as a divine institution . Indeed, if a true religion

read on the Internet, but it is not taken seriously by academics. In fact, among the criteria of historicity, New Testament specialists use - among others - the criterion of dissimilarity between narratives [...] Palestine 1st century The dissimilarity criterion strengthens the case for the historical reliability of the Gospels You've probably heard some people say: "The evangelists tell us different versions of [...] s, with no secondary details omitted. On the contrary, the investigators expect the versions given by the individuals to be broadly consistent , because they are well aware that when people give truthful