Over the last thousand years there have been many reported apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary, most famously (as far as I can tell) in Fatima, Portugal and in Guadeloupe, Mexico. These apparitions would seem to prove the Roman Church to be the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church given the contents of the messages seeming to come directly from Heaven from the mouth of the Mother of God. Additionally, the evidence for these apparitions seems to be high, including miraculous and unexplainable portraits on the tilma of Juan Diego and thousands of eye witnesses to the miracle of the sun at Fatima, making it the most attested to miracle of all time. If these apparitions had overwhelming evidence to their validity, I would think the whole Christian world would come under the Roman Church, yet no such thing has occurred, leading me to wonder if there is reason to doubt the validity of these apparitions. What are the chief arguments against the validity of these Marian apparitions, specifically those of Fatima and Guadeloupe?
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May 18, 2025, 10:50 PM