Fatima Visit on May 13 Confirmed for Pope John Paul
VATICAN (CWNews.com) -- Pope John Paul II will travel to Fatima on May 13 for the beatification
of two of the three children to whom the Virgin Mary appeared there in 1917, the Vatican has
confirmed.
The announcement-- made by Archbishop Crescienzo Sepe on March 20-- confirms the widespread
belief that the Pope would preside at the beatification of the two Fatima seers. The Pope was shown a
special devotion to the Lady of Fatima-- to whom he gives credit for his preservation from an
assassination attempt on May 13, 1981. In fact, the Pontiff donated the bullet that was extracted from his
body, to be placed in the golden crown of the original statue of the Lady of Fatima.
Archbishop Sepe also announced that the same statute would be brought to the Vatican on October 8,
for a special ceremony in conjunction with the Jubilee for bishops, in which the world and the third
millennium will be consecrated to the Virgin Mary.
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