Monday, February 14

 

Sr. Lucia Dies

"The last surviving witness to whom the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared in a series of apparitions in Portugal in 1917 has died aged 97. Sister Lucia de Jesus dos Santos died at the convent where she had been living since the 1940s, the Roman Catholic Church said. She was one of three shepherd children who claimed they spoke to the Virgin Mary near Fatima town over six months."

Two thoughts:
- For some reason, the end of the world somehow seems 10% more likely.
- Considering the beatified status of Francisco Marto & Jacinta, how many others have been so certain to be canonized?

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