Pope recognizes miracle attributed to Fatima visionaries: Pope Francis has approved the recognition of a miracle attributed to the intercession of two of the shepherd children who saw Our Lady of Fatima in 1917, thus paving the way for their canonization.
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MGB: This event says everything about the personal holiness of the visionaries and nothing about the visions or secrets. The latter may b as discreditable as those of La Salette, which are ignored due to the seers association with apocalyptics later in life. Still, on the third secret, I am hoping it applies to the next pope rather than this one. I would truly weep if Francis were martyred by mistake by an Italian soldier after an earthquake. That is farce, not martyrdom. Still, it fits with what St. Malachy says about Peter the Roman. Apocalyptic literature is more about dissatisfaction with the current era rather than foretelling the future. For example, John of Patmos did not like Paul. We wanted the Church Judaized and wrote after the fall of Jerusalem. He wanted a new Jerusalem from Heaven. He was pretty much wrong on most points and time will not make him right. It won't make the Trads right either.
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