Fatima secret remains undisclosed despite official miracle claim
UPI reports Fatima draws over a million pilgrims yearly while the 1917 vision near Fatima, Portugal, and the so called miracle on October 13 1917 remain publicly documented. Lucia dos Santos and her cousins Francisco and Jacinta Marto authored the revelations later sealed by a bishop and sent to Pope Pius XII.
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Lucia Dos Santos
Francisco Marto
Jacinta
Lisbon
Francisco
Fatima Basilica
Jucia
Hshop
Leiria
Pius XII
Vatican
Brazilian bishop promotes discussions of big city ills
In Sao Paulo Archbishop Paulo Evaristo Arns backs informal basic committees as church grassroots groups. These laity led networks meet off church grounds to discuss housing jobs and city rules amid isolation in large multiracial cities. Arns views the effort as addressing loneliness and powerlessness in urban life. He has a background in the Franciscan order and Brazilian German heritage.
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N.Y. Times
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Latin America
Paulo Evaristo Arns
Mittees
Arns
United States
Paris
Rio de Janeiro
Paul VI
Agneso Cardinal Rossi
Rome
Vatican
Paul
Tiradentes
Archibishop Arps
Catholic Action
Generous strangers fund Jol’s Lourdes trip for family
In a powerful outpouring of support, Peter Sinclair with spinal atrophy will travel to Lourdes after Christmas with his mother Carole Sinclair, funded by donations from Britain and even the United States. The note left by Carole’s daughter prompted relief, with post and phone lines overwhelmed by offers of help.
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Jol
Lourdes
Maidstone
England
Carole Sinclair
Peter
Carole
Janet Sinclair
Britain
United States
GPO
Post Office
America
Sinclair
Bernadette Saubirous
Bennington memories of a rector and a near miss
Philip N. Schuyler recalls growing up in Bennington as his father the Rev. Philip Schuyler served at St. Peter's Episcopal Church. He recounts a childhood lamp accident that could have harmed him and his sister Katrina, saved by their father who acted quickly.
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Katrina
Donald Hemenway
Pippin Knoll
St. Peter's
Philip N. Schuyler
Westport, Conn
Bennington
Philip Schuyler
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Decline in Marian devotions linked to Vatican II
UPI Religion writer notes a drop in public and private Marian devotions among Catholics. Fr. Carroll cites Vatican II as a factor, with younger Catholics more focused on social reform than these pieties. Declines span other saintly devotions. priests report waning interest in Sacred Heart and Blessed Sacrament observances.
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Louis Cassels
UPI
J. Eamon Carroll
Catholic University
Washington, D.C
St. Anthony Messenger
Carroll
Mary
Belgium
Joseph Suenens
Suenens
Jesus
Fr. Carroll
National Bible Week Observed Across Nation
National Bible Week runs Sunday through next Sunday, sponsored for the 32nd year by the Laymen's National Bible Committee. The interfaith group, including Eastern Orthodox, Jewish, Protestant and Roman Catholic laity, promotes reading and study of Holy Scripture during Thanksgiving week.
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