Pope Leo XIV has appointed Cardinal Robert Sarah as his special envoy for celebrations that will take place in France for the 400 years of Santa Ana’s appearances to the Breton Campesino Yvon Nicolazic.
The Vatican indicated that, as a special envoy of the Pope, the prefect emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Cult Breton Campesino Yvon Nicolazic ”.
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Vatican News He says that the events occurred between 1623 and 1625 in Pluneret. In one of these appearances, Jesus’ grandmother told him in Breton “Me Zo Anna Mam Mari” (I don’t fear anything; I am Ana, Mother of Mary).
Then, he asked him to tell the pastor that since before the town there had been a chapel dedicated to his name, but that for 924 years and 6 months he was in ruins. “I want it to be rebuilt as soon as possible and that you take care of it, because God wants me to honor me there, God wants them to come in procession …” said Santa Ana.
On your website, the Sanctuary of Sainte-Anne-d’Auray It indicates that this happened “on July 25, 1624, the eve of the Santa Ana holiday.”
“The following March 7, following Santa Ana’s call, Yvon Nicolazic discovered a statue of Santa Ana in the ruins of a chapel in his sketch field. It was the sign that demonstrated the veracity of the appearances,” he adds.
The sanctuary indicates that “from that day, the pilgrims mass to this place, then called Numbersor ‘The people of Ana’, which shows that Santa Ana was already venerated there even before the appearances, made corroborated by the presence of the old stones of the chapel among which the statue was found. ”
It also ensures that after four centuries, pilgrimages retain their vitality. San Juan Pablo II visited the sanctuary of Sainte-Anne d’Auray on September 20, 1996.
As part of the fourth centenary of the apparitions, the sanctuary is also in Jubilee Year, carrying out a series of devotional and academic activities.
Eduardo Berdejo
Professional in Social Communication of the National University of San Marcos in Peru, I have more than 20 years of experience in Catholic digital journalism. As part of ACI Press, I have been sent to cover the trips of Pope Francis to Cuba, Mexico, Colombia and Peru, in addition to the Synod of Sinodality in the Vatican in 2023.