Marian devotion
The priest who wanted to burn the chapel
Fatima, Portugal
An unbelieving priest wanted to burn the chapel of the Cova da Iria, but his hands shook.
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In the early years, many priests doubted the apparitions. One of them, especially skeptical, decided to burn the chapel where people prayed. He took a gas bottle and a lighter. But when he got to the chapel, his hands started shaking so hard that he couldn't light the lighter. He knelt and began to cry. He never doubted Fatima again.
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