[Salvation]

You have written a very wise reflection here. Especially the part about non-Catholics latching onto the idea that Catholics "worship" Mary. We "honor" Mary as the Mother of Jesus. Period.

I was very impressed with the article and the comparison of average time of the apparitions, age of the children, amount spoken by the Blessed Virgin Mary.

This is all very new to me; I have never really delved into it much in the past. And these comparisons give me a little bit to go on -- in looking at what the Church looks at and how it rules on these apparitions.

[american colleen]

This is a pretty good article on false apparitions: "False Apparitions and the Great Apostasy"

And here: "Unity Publishing" - I like this site because it has a bit on all of the "famous" apparitions.