How many Catholics really believe in the weeping/bleeding statue of Mary stories?

Answer 1

The Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, appeared 6 times to 3 sheperd children; Lucia, Francisco, and Jacinta; between May 13 and October 13, 1917. She came to the little village of Fatima which had remained faithful to the Catholic Church during the recent persecutions by the government. Our Lady came with a message from God to every man, woman, and child of our century. Our Lady of Fatima promised that the whole world would be in peace, and that many souls would go to Heaven if Her requests were listened to and obeyed. She told us that war is a punishment for sin; that God would punish the world for its sins in our time by means of war, hunger, persecution of the Church and persecution of the Holy Father, the Pope, unless we listened to and obeyed the command of God. At Fatima, Pope John Paul II said on May 13; " the message of Fatima is more relevant and more urgent " then when Our Lady first appeared. The message is an anguished appeal of our Heavenly Mother, Who sees us in great danger and Who comes to offer Her help and advice. Her message is also a prophesy, a clear indication of what was about to transpire in the 20th century, and what is still going to happen infallibly in the near future, depending on our response to Her requests.

THE MIRACLE

As a great sign of the whole message truly coming from God, a marvelous miracle was worked in the sky above Fatima before 70,000 witnesses on October 13, 1917 at the time, date and place that Lucy and the other two children had prophesised in the name of Our Lady of Fatima. The children were told by Our Lady that God would perform a miracle so that people would believe in the apparitions. The date the children was October 13, 1917, in Fatima. On that date, 70,000 people came to see the phenomenon. The miracle occured with the sun. All could stare perfectly at the sun without blinking, or even hurting heir eyes. While all were watching the sun, it rotated, got large and small, got close to the people, and got far away from them. The sun " danced ". Every single person who was there testified to seeing the sun dance, even non- believers who immediately dropped onto their knees and begged for forgiveness.

MIRACLES TODAY Our Lady of Fatima continues to work miracles today through Fatima water which is sent from Fatima, Portugal around the world. This Fatima water sprang up in Fatima at the spot the Bishop told people to dig, very near where Our Lady appeared at the Cova de Iria (the Cove of Peace) in Fatima. The water is known to cure people with sicknesses and poor health. Still, other people are cured when they go on pilgrimage to Fatima, which is about 90 miles north of Lisbon, Portugal.




A MESSAGE OF WARNING AND HOPE

If we do not heed Our Lady's warnings soon, the Her horrible prophesy may well be realized in the near future, even in our own back yards. She told us that God had chosen to use Russia as the instrument of chastisement to punish the whole world if we did not, by our obedience, prayers, and sacrifices, obtain conversion of Russia to the Catholic faith. She promises us: " If my requests are granted, Russia will be converted and there will be peace. " But She also warned us: " If My requests are not granted, Russia will spread her errors throughout the world raising up wars and persecutions against the Church, the good will be martyred, the Holy Father will have much to suffer, various nations will be annihilated. " She has told us that the whole world (the part surviving) will be enslaved by the atheistic tyrants of Russia.

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Answer 2

To my knowledge only about half! This is the very reason why we are told in the Bible that we are not to have graven images because the Lord knew that Satan would have a field day with people who were gullible. In Revelations we read that during the tribulation Satan will use his power to cause a statue to speak and thereby deceive millions who will hail him as God. It behooves me that there are SO many Bibles in the world and so few people who are willing to read one as all the answers are there. There is no substitute for good Bible knowledge as it teaches us to discern between truth and counterfeit. People who believe that this type of thing is from the Lord are deceived by Satan who is laughing all the way to hell as he knows that he is taking the countless millions with him. The book of Revelations is Gods' last word to mankind and therefore the end of all visions etc., as the word or God is now complete.

Answer 3

I don't, and I am as orthodox and faithful a Catholic as any. The Church really doesn't have time to investigate all such reports, but of those it has investigated, none have been approved. I'm not talking about apparitions. A few of those have been approved, though most have not.

The Bible does not tell us not to "have" graven images. It tells us not to WORSHIP them in place of God. Do you think every Christian who has a graven image of a cross hanging around his/her neck is an idolater?

Answer 4

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Answer 5

The bible refers to those things as LYING signs and wonders. A lying sign means exactly that. A lie that God would actually do something like making a statue bleed!. There are alot of gullable people out there. Read your bibles! It is a demonic lie.

Answer 6

I believe in a few of them that were reported by Saints throughout history but most of them are hoaxes.

Answer 7

gullible ones. Hey, I toasted a roll today, and the image of Ralph Kramden was there in all his glory. Praise Ralphie! Its a miracle!!

Answer 8

The Church does not require you to beleive ANY of those thigns. Im reaaaaaaaal skeptical about them. I mean I know if God wanted it to happen it could.....but for the most part...i doubt it..

You shouldnt need "signs" to make you beleive in God.

Answer 9

Who cares?

They are what they are. No more. No less.

No Catholic is obligated by their faith to believe such things.

Answer 10

enough that people can keep making this crap up to make money off of it