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With ties to Fatima, Our Lady of Akita relayed a similar message of repentance and prayer to a Japanese religious sister. The apparitions began June 12, 1973.
On June 12, 1973, Sr. Agnes Sasagawa of the Handmaids of the Eucharist began receiving heavenly visions in a convent located in Akita, Japan. At first she saw angelic beings worshiping the Eucharist, but then on July 6, 1973, Sasagawa saw a wooden statue of the Virgin Mary speak to her, relaying a powerful message similar to what the three shepherd children received in Fatima, Portugal.
The statue soon after began to bleed and tears started to flow down her cheeks.
Around 2,000 people witnessed the tears coming from the statue and the liquid was gathered and sent to a laboratory for testing. A professor from the Akita University Department of Biochemistry studied the liquid, as well as a non-Christian forensic specialist, Dr. Kaoru Sagisaka. The blood was confirmed to be of human origin, as were the tears.
After a lengthy investigation, the local bishop, John Shoojiroo Ito of Niigata, approved the apparition to be of supernatural origin and "worthy of belief."
The Vatican has not made an official statement, leaving it up to the local bishop's discretion.
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Our Lady of Akita's powerful message to the modern world
With ties to Fatima, Our Lady of Akita relayed a similar message of repentance and prayer to a Japanese religious sister. The apparitions began June 12, 1973.
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