Our Lady of Good Hope and Excellent Behavior: Why this Apparition and Why Now?
…jugorje; or massive immigrations over national borders, as in the American southwest, where Marian apparitions have flourished as Latino/a Catholics arrive in ever greater numbers. Journalists and television reporters, meanwhile, usually just poke fun at the latest Virgin on a Tree Stump or bleeding statue, without bothering to learn more about the long history of local Christian devotions and pilgrimage. Catholic bishops and parish priests usuall…
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