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Fatima, Portugal, Feb 14, 2017 / 11:49 am (CNA/EWTN News).- As the 100th anniversary of the Fatima apparitions approaches, Portuguese Catholic Church officials announced on Monday that thousands of pages have been gathered to testify to the holiness of Sister Lucia dos Santos – one of the original three children who were witnesses to the famous Marian apparition.The documentation gathered for Sr. Lucia consists of over 15,000 letters, testimonies, and other documents that would support the nun’s cause for beatification. Bishop Virgilio Antunes of Coimbra, Portugal noted that these pages have taken more than eight years to track down, as they consist of personal letters and witness statements from more than 60 people.The pages were presented at a church ceremony at Sr. Lucia’s convent in Coimbra and will also be sent to the Vatican’s Congregation for the Causes of Saints for approval, in order to proceed towards the next steps of canonization. The case will al...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paulo Carrico, EPABy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICANCITY (CNS) -- The Dioceseof Coimbra concluded its phase of the sainthood cause of Carmelite Sister Luciados Santos, one of the three children who saw Our Lady of Fatima in 1917.Bishop Virgilio Antunes of Coimbra formally closed thelocal phase of investigation into her life and holiness Feb. 13 in theCarmelite convent of St. Teresa in Coimbra, where she resided until her death in2005 at the age of 97.Theceremony included the sealing of 50 volumes -- 15,000 pages -- of evidence andwitness testimonies detailing the life of Sister Lucia. The documents sealed atthe ceremony were to be shipped to the Congregation for Saints' Causes at the Vatican.After a thorough review of the materials and ajudgment that Sister Lucia heroically lived the Christian virtues, her causestill would require therecognition of two miracles -- one for beatification and another forcanonization -- attributed to her intercession. The Marianapparitions...
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The resignation of National Security Adviser Michael Flynn elicited a simple but persistent question Tuesday from congressional Democrats: What did President Donald Trump know and when did he know it?...
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen pointed Tuesday to a solid U.S. job market and economy and said the Fed will likely resume raising interest rates in the next few months. But with uncertainties surrounding President Donald Trump's proposals, Yellen said the Fed still wants to keep assessing the economy....
