The apparitions as divine responses to historical developments.

Many Shrines throughout the world are associated with Mary, the Mother of God. What meaning do her apparently random apparitions have? This booklet sets out the links that exist between the nine major apparitions of Mary, accepted as authentic by the Church, and correspondingly important "revolutionnary" events in modern Western history. Fascinating parallels are also drawn between these apparitions (Guadalupe 1531, Rue du Bac 1830, La Salette 1846, Lourdes 1848, Pontmain 1871, Knock 1879, Fatima 1917, Beauraing 1932 and Banneux 1933) and various biblical figures and events.

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Ruth Harris: Lourdes

Ruth Harris is Fellow and Tutor in Modern history at New College, Oxford. Anthropology, Sociology, history.