When Sister Agnes Sasagawa, the visionary of Akita, Japan, died at age 93 on Aug. 15, on the Solemnity of the Assumption, the messages she was purportedly given and their connection to those of ...

On Oct. 13, 1973, the anniversary of Our Lady’s last apparition at Fatima and the Miracle of the Sun, she reportedly appeared to Sister Agnes Sasagawa in a convent in Akita, Japan.

Beginning in January 1975, the statue reportedly wept on 101 occasions over seven years. A Japanese television station even filmed this phenomenon, further fueling interest and devotion to Our Lady of ...

Our Lady of Akita, Japan. Credit: SICDAMNOME, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons On Aug. 3, 1973, Mary spoke to Sasagawa again, speaking of an “important” message that Sasagawa should convey ...

Akita, Japan — I woke up early in the morning and I looked over the window from my room at the Metropolitan Hotel in Akita and I was greeted by a sight that I rarely see… snow falling on the ...

As a minority religious group in Japan, Catholicism holds a smaller presence compared to other religions. As of 2021, there were approximately 431,100 Catholics in Japan (0.34 percent of the total ...

Thousands of healing experiences and conversions are attributed to the apparition of Our Lady of Akita. According to the EWTN Apparition Archives, the extraordinary events began on June 12, 1973 ...

Our Lady of Akita, Japan. Credit: SICDAMNOME, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons On Aug. 3, 1973, Mary spoke to Sasagawa again, speaking of an “important” message that Sasagawa should convey ...