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>>14458321
Yes. Because what harm could it possibly do?

>>14433796
The Virgin Mary is the Mother of God, ‘Pagan Fertility Goddesses’, aka demons from hell, all hate and fear her.

>>13721076
From what I can see through my pleb eyes is that, for one, is that the Virgin Mary doesn't like to appear to them and some Orthodox claim some of the Marian apparitions to be some kind of 'romanist', 'frankish', and other westernphobic terms that only became semi-popular in their circles a mere few years ago.

>>13007345
I'm a white American Catholic but I appreciate you, Mexican/Hispanic bro. I too believe that Mexico City is holy, more holy than any US city I can think of, except maybe for New Orleans.

I also take the Marian apparitions deadly seriously, and I count them as a mark in the Catholic Church's favor. The incredible healings at Lourdes, and the signs and wonders at Fatima, are too powerful for me to ignore. These are marvels that we can't simply deny. We have to account for them, as Catholics.

>>12635845
Transubstantiation is true

All of the approved Marian Apparitions of the Church are real and actually happened

The list of people healed at Lourdes is authentic

All weeping statutes affirmed by the Church are actually real

Miracles happen even to this day in the world, Anon.

>>12617396
What do you do, Butterfly, when you are confronted with physical evidence of God's action in the world? What do you do when you see a weeping statue, or read about a miraculous cure, or hear the endless, endless reports of healings from Lourdes?

>>12366644
God works great wonders in our world even today. Don't doubt God's power. Poke around a bit if you want to see examples of it, it's there if you want to find it.

But, ultimately, weeping statues or bleeding Eucharists or healings of incurable diseases don't convert people. What converts people is the very Word of God--Jesus Christ, and the Gospels that narrate his time on Earth. This is the real meaning of the story of Lazarus and the rich man. Remember what Abraham says to the rich man: "If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they listen if someone should rise from the dead." Miracles don't convert people. Only the living Word converts people.

At least, that's how it is for Christianity.

>>11903867
She has a unique role to play in our salvation. She is the Theotokos, the Queen of Heaven, and she has appeared to men repeatedly over the centuries on behalf of her Son, the Lord.