{"id":868,"date":"2009-01-30T10:44:43","date_gmt":"2009-01-30T18:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/?p=868"},"modified":"2009-03-10T14:01:47","modified_gmt":"2009-03-10T22:01:47","slug":"burundis-new-mary-apparition-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/prophecy\/burundis-new-mary-apparition-restrictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Burundi&#8217;s New &#8220;Mary&#8221; Apparition Restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/fatima.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"273\" \/><br \/>\nFatima is the Probably The Most Famous Marian Apparition<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/cogwriter.htm\">COGWriter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>About two weeks ago I reported that the Pope was taking steps to minimize publicity associated with people who claim to see apparitions that are supposed to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/Mary-Mother-of-Jesus.htm\">Mary, the Mother of Jesus<\/a> (see <a title=\"The Pope and Marian Apparitions\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/doctrine\/the-pope-and-marian-apparitions\">The Pope and Marian Apparitions<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Now, both the secular government and a bishop in Burundi (Africa) have taken steps to reduce the popularity of worship associated with a claimed apparition there:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">22:49 GMT, Thursday, 29 January 2009<\/p>\n<div class=\"mxb\">\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">No worship on &#8216;Virgin Mary&#8217; hill<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- S BO --> <!-- S IBYL --><\/p>\n<div class=\"mvb\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span class=\"byl\"> By Prime Ndikumagenge <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mvb\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<p><span class=\"byd\"> BBC News, Bujumbura <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"mvb\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Worship has been banned on a small rural hill in Burundi, where a woman claims to see the Virgin Mary on the same day of every month.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"first\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The 23-year-old&#8217;s claims of an apparition have become so widely known that thousands of people gather on the hill at the same time to pray.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">But the governor of the northern province says the worshippers are troublemakers and they should stop.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The Catholic church in the area is also investigating the claims of a &#8220;vision&#8221;. <!-- E SF --><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The woman in question is called Euzebie and comes from a rural village known as Masinde, in the province of Kayanza.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Sing and cry<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">She claims to see the Virgin Mary on the 11th day of each month.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Provincial governor Edouard Nduwimana says people come from all over the country, as well as nearby Rwanda and Uganda, to join Euzebie on the hill.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"mva\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/newsimg.bbc.co.uk\/nol\/shared\/img\/v3\/start_quote_rb.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"24\" height=\"13\" \/> <strong>The archibishop of the northern diocese has formally advised worshippers to stop going to see Euzebie while the church investigates <\/strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/newsimg.bbc.co.uk\/nol\/shared\/img\/v3\/end_quote_rb.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" vspace=\"0\" width=\"23\" height=\"13\" align=\"right\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mva\">\n<div style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Edouard Nduwimana<br \/>\nProvincial governor<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/africa\/7859363.stm\">http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/africa\/7859363.stm<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>And while I do believe that the Catholic Church is wise to attempt to verify the claims of apparitions (see also <a title=\"The Pope and Marian Apparitions\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/doctrine\/the-pope-and-marian-apparitions\">The Pope and Marian Apparitions<\/a>), I also suspect that in the future that there will be widely accepted apparitions.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, the Bible warns of a time when there will be &#8220;lying wonders&#8221;&#8211;and since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/Mary-Mother-of-Jesus.htm\">Mary, the Mother of Jesus<\/a> is dead awaiting the resurrection (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/resurrection.htm\">What Did Early Christians Understand About the Resurrection?<\/a>), there is no way that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/Mary-Mother-of-Jesus.htm\">Mary, the Mother of Jesus<\/a> is, or will be, actually appearing herself.<\/p>\n<p>Although he did not mention Marian apparitions as his reason, notice what Pope Benedict XVI said:<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Christians must show world  that unity is possible, pope says<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\"><strong>CNS <\/strong>&#8211; Jan 30, 2009<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<p>VATICAN CITY (CNS) &#8212; United in their baptism and  their faith in Jesus, Christians have an obligation to show the world that  differences in language and culture do not have to lead to division and  violence, Pope Benedict XVI said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>The world needs a visible sign<\/strong>&#8221; of  unity, the pope told members of the Joint International Commission for  Theological Dialogue Between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox  Churches.<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<p>The pope met Jan. 30 with the commission members, who represent the Catholic  Church and the Armenian Apostolic Church, Coptic Orthodox Church, Ethiopian  Orthodox Church, Syrian Orthodox Church, Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church and  Eritrean Orthodox Church. <span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\"><a title=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnews.com\/data\/stories\/cns\/0900456.htm\" href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnews.com\/data\/stories\/cns\/0900456.htm\">http:\/\/www.catholicnews.com\/data\/stories\/cns\/0900456.htm<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Could a Marian apparition be the &#8220;visible sign&#8221; that will cause many groups to unify with Rome?<\/p>\n<p>Because of the widespread acceptance of Mary, not only in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/europa.htm\">Europe<\/a>, but also in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/russia_in_prophecy.htm\">Russia<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/arabprophecy.htm\">Moslem world<\/a>, it would seem it is possible that widely accepted apparitions will help lead to the acceptance of the religion of the final Beast and false prophet of Revelation 13.<\/p>\n<p>And while restricting access to a hill in Burundi might now be in the Vatican&#8217;s interest, ultimately I believe that it will publicly embrace one or more future apparitions claiming to be Mary.<\/p>\n<p><em>Some articles of possibly related interest may include:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/Mary-Mother-of-Jesus.htm\">Mary, the Mother of Jesus and the Apparitions<\/a> Do you know much about Mary? 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