From: mdw33310@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Michael D. Walker) Subject: Re: Question about Virgin Mary Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 19 Two follow up's to Mark's last posting: 1. As far as current investigations, the Church recently declared the crying statue and corresponding messages from Mary at Akita, Japan as approved (I found this out about a month ago.) 2. Again in the proof department, start with the appearances of Mary at Fatima. Among other things, there were pictures taken of the "miracle of the sun" that appeared in some major American newspaper (The New York Times, I believe) as well as most of the major European newspapers. I could talk (or post) for hours on this topic, but... (I have a thesis to write). God Bless, - Mike Walker P.S. Anyone want info, I have more. mdw33310@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu