Posted on 05/20/2011 6:40:45 AM PDT by marshmallow
US Cardinal Sean O'Malley told scores of thousands of pilgrims in Portugal that Our Lady of Fatima had spared Pope John Paul II's life from an assassin's bullet so that he could help "topple the Iron Curtain" of Soviet communism.
The archbishop of Boston recalled that the late pontiff, who was beatified in Rome on 1 May, had himself attributed his survival from the shooting in 1981 to the Virgin Mary, who many Catholics believe appeared to children in 1917 near the central Portuguese town of Fatima.
Last Thursday, Cardinal O'Malley, who presided over this year's "international pilgrimage", said Our Lady of Fatima would help "bridge" the conflict between "Christianity and Islam".
He noted that the town of Fatima bares the name of Prophet Mohammed's "favourite daughter" and that the Koran includes "41 verses about Jesus and Mary".
(Excerpt) Read more at theportugalnews.com ...
He noted that the town of Fatima bares the name of Prophet Mohammed's "favourite daughter" and that the Koran includes "41 verses about Jesus and Mary".
Not good... the push is on to corrupt the Church with Islam
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