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Cardinals, bishops and different experts of worldwide relevance in the figure of the Virgin Mary will gather this May at the International Congress of Mariology under the title 'Mary, mother of mercy' at the initiative of the Catholic University of Murcia and jointly organized With the Diocese of Cartagena, the Cabildo of Brotherhoods and Brotherhoods of Murcia and the groups of the Holy Week of Cartagena, and with the sponsorship of the Pontifical International Marian Academy.

This congress is held on the occasion of the centenary of the apparitions of the Virgin Mary to the shepherds of Fátima (Portugal).

Already this Monday, before the beginning of the congress, there will be an act of welcome to the Virgin Pilgrim of Fatima that will arrive at the Campus of Los Jerónimos of the UCAM at 12:00 in the morning and that will be in Murcia until Sunday 22 Of May on the occasion of this great event.

The image will be received by the president of the UCAM, José Luis Mendoza, university directors, teachers, administrative staff and services, the chaplains of the teaching institution, students and all those neighbors in the area who approach this event in The one that will perform a liturgical act of welcome to this image.

In addition, during this international event, the Virgin of Fátima procession through the streets of Murcia, on May 12, and Cartagena, on the 19th.

Likewise, during the days that the Marian carving is exposed, lauds, Marian meditation, rosary prayer, confessions, Eucharist, vespers and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will be celebrated.

Some of the topics to be addressed at this Congress will be: Mary in the life of the Church, in the history of salvation, in the liturgy and the Syrian Church, in the Eastern tradition as well as the pastoral experience in Fatima.

These issues will be dealt with by different religious experts such as Cardinal Rouco Varela, archbishop emeritus of Madrid;

Stefano Cecchin, president of the Pontifical International Marian Academy;

Ignace Youssif III Younan, patriarch of Antioch and all the East of the Syrians;

Serafim de Sousa Ferreira e Silva, Bishop Emeritus of Leiria-Fátima, Juan Miguel Ferrer Grenesche, President of the Spanish Society of Mariology, among others.

Also noteworthy was the participation in this congress, among others, of Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi, prefect of the Congregation of Catholic Education;

Gerhard Ludwig Müller, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Cardinal Antonio Cañizares, archbishop of Valencia;

Cardinal Carlos Amigo, archbishop emeritus of Seville, José Manuel Lorca Planes, bishop of the Diocese of Cartagena and José Luis Mendoza, president of the UCAM.

For those who are interested in visits and pilgrimages to the UCAM during the days in which the Virgin of Fatima is in the University, you can obtain more information about it on the phones 968 278 704/599 and in the mail ucreligions @ ucam. Edu

Source: UCAM