Sister Agnes Sasagawa, Our Lady of Akita visionary, dies at 93
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Sister Agnes Sasagawa, Our Lady of Akita visionary, dies at 93
A Japanese nun holds her arms out as she prays at a chapel in her convent in Nagasaki, Japan. / Credit: Carl Court/Getty Images St. Louis, Mo., Aug 17, 2024 / 07:52 am (CNA). Sister Agnes Sasagawa, a Japanese nun whose purported visions of the Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of Akita included stark warnings for humanity and instructions to pray the rosary and repent of sin, died Aug. 15 at age 93. A parish priest in Akita, Japan, confir…
Sister Agnes Sasagawa, Seer of Akita, dies on Feast of the Assumption
Sister Agnes was – and is – famous among Catholics as the Seer of Our Lady of Akita, one of the titles for the Blessed Virgin Mary, having reported that she received messages from Our Lady on July 6, August 3, and October 13, 1973.
At the age of 93, a visionary, Sister Agnes Sasagawa, who experienced the apparitions of Our Lady in Akita in 1973, died. The news of the death of the nun was confirmed by the Catholic News Agency, citing information from one of the parish priests in Akita, Japan. News of the death of sister Agnes Sasagawa has been appearing for two days. However, it was difficult to find those that would be confirmed by a trusted source. In most cases, the news…
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