The Roman Catholic Church on Wednesday designated a Wisconsin spot where an apparition of the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared three times to a Belgian-born nun in 1859 as the only one of its kind in the United States.
The Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help at Champion, just east of Green Bay near Lake Michigan, has long been a popular destination for the faithful. But it was only in the last two years that the Diocese of Green Bay undertook the official process to earn the distinction that now puts it in company with renowned holy apparition sites including Lourdes, France; Guadalupe, Mexico; and Fatima, Portugal.
Green Bay Bishop David Ricken approved the sightings as legitimate apparitions after a two-year study by a commission he appointed.
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