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The Murcians will have, on Friday May 12, the opportunity to accompany the Virgin of Fatima almost 70 years after their last visit to this region.

In the event organized by the UCAM, the Cabildo de Hermandades y Cofradías and the Diocese of Cartagena will participate a large number of representatives cofrades as well as Marian Associations and Glory Brotherhoods.

From the organization it is reported that according to the spirit of Fatima the faithful will carry candles lit during the journey.

The procession will conclude in the Plaza del Cardenal Belluga in which Cardinal Cañizares, archbishop of Valencia, will preside over the Eucharist accompanied by priests of the Diocese.

At the altar will be present the size of the Christ of Health of the UCAM.

The Virgin Pilgrim will remain in the Cathedral of Murcia throughout the weekend for those who want to visit and pray with her.

History of the Pilgrim MTA

This image was realized in the year 1947, following the instructions of Sister Lucia, one of the shepherds to whom appeared the Virgin.

Shortly after the end of World War II, a pastor from Berlin proposed that an image of Our Lady of Fatima be found in all the capitals and episcopal cities of Europe.

The idea was resumed in April 1946 by a representative of Luxembourg at the International Council of Young Women's Catholic Youth and the following year, the same day of her coronation, the first trip began.

International Congress of Mariology

Cardinals, bishops and different experts of worldwide relevance in the figure of the Virgin Mary will meet from the 17th to the 19th of this month of May at the International Congress of Mariology under the title 'Mary, mother of mercy' on the initiative of the Catholic University Of Murcia and organized jointly with the Diocese of Cartagena, the Cabildo of Brotherhoods and Brotherhoods of Murcia and the groupings of Holy Week of Cartagena, and with the sponsorship of the Pontifical International Marian Academy.

This congress is held on the occasion of the centenary of the apparitions of the Virgin Mary to the shepherds of Fátima (Portugal).

Some of the topics to be addressed at this Congress will be: Mary in the life of the Church, in the history of salvation, in the liturgy and the Syrian Church, in the Eastern tradition as well as the pastoral experience in Fatima.

These issues will be dealt with by different religious experts such as Cardinal Rouco Varela, archbishop emeritus of Madrid;

Stefano Cecchin, president of the Pontifical International Marian Academy;

Ignace Youssif III Younan, patriarch of Antioch and all the East of the Syrians;

Serafim de Sousa Ferreira e Silva, emeritus bishop of Leiria-Fatima;

Juan Miguel Ferrer Grenesche, president of the Spanish Society of Mariology, among others.

Also noteworthy was the participation in this congress, among others, of Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi, prefect of the Congregation of Catholic Education;

Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith;

Cardinal Antonio Cañizares, archbishop of Valencia;

Cardinal Carlos Amigo, archbishop emeritus of Seville;

And José Luis Mendoza, president of the UCAM.

Source: UCAM