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During the Eucharist, with which the congress has begun, the relics of the Holy Shepherds have been received, all presided over by the image of the Pilgrim Mother of Fatima
"It is encouraging that in a university where all the scientific subjects are studied, we also analyze the life of the Virgin, since Mariology is a science in which the Virgin is highlighted as one of the great figures in the history of Man "Said Cardinal Antonio María Rouco Varela, who presided over the Eucharist prior to the opening ceremony of the International Congress of Mariology.
Cardinal Rouco also recalled the message that the Virgin gave to the shepherds of Fatima.
"The Virgin came to this world to send a message, she did it through three children, in a historical moment as was World War I. The Virgin told them that humanity should resume its Christian roots," said Rouco Varela.
Likewise, the archbishop emeritus of Madrid referred to John Paul II, who felt very protected by the Virgin, when that May 13, 1981 was the victim of an attack, which nevertheless did not end his life.
Now the bullet that pierced the stomach of John Paul II is placed in the crown of the Virgin of Fatima.
The president of the Catholic University, José Luis Mendoza, recalled the importance of this congress that coincides with the hundred years of the appearance of the Virgin in Fatima.
"We have experts from around the world, such as the president of the Pontifical Academy of International Mariology, Stefano Cecchin, the Bishop of Leiria Fatima, Serafim de Sousa, or the Archbishop of the Syrian Patriarchate," said the president of the UCAM.
José Luis Mendoza also stressed that the Virgin of Fatima will preside over the whole congress and that the idea of ​​the Catholic University is to be able to make in the next years more editions of this international event.
For his part, the president of the Pontifical Academy of International Mariology, Stefano Cecchin, affirmed that "Spain has a great wealth in studies of Mariology" and also stressed that "the future of the Church are the laity."
Thursday morning
Tomorrow will continue the activity with the intervention of the journalist and researcher of the Fatima apparitions, Jaime Vilalta, the emeritus bishop of Leiria-Fatima, Monsignor Serafim de Sousa and a round table in which will participate superiors from different religious congregations that will tell their experience of The intervention of the Virgin Mary in their lives.
Also the last conference of the day of tomorrow Thursday will be in charge of the vicar general for Spain of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Serbia, the archpriest Joan Garci'a Casanova.
Source: UCAM
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