Cimbres Marian apparition

[6] The apparition happened in an exposed inselberg near the girl's family house, partially covered by thorny bushes and slippery moss, and next to deep gullies, a place dangerous to reach on foot.

Joseph Kehrle,[9] who was answered by the illiterate girls in both Latin and German languages,[10] as well as for the content of the message that the Virgin Mary would have transmitted to the seers, alerting them about how Brazil would be deadly punished with Communism.

Kehrle, who wrote the questions in Latin or German,[13] and the oral answer by the Virgin Mary, according to the two girls, both still illiterate in any language at the time.

[15] A journal article recalls that Liberation theologian's leader Archbishop Hélder Câmara and educator Paulo Freire were from Recife and center-left president Lula from Garanhuns, so an apparition regarding the danger of Communism in Brazil has a strong reason to happen in Pernambuco.

[25] Although they were, at first, viewed with discredit by ecclesial authorities of the Diocese of Pesqueira,[26][27] the apparitions gradually became accepted as worthy of faith by the Church,[28] which recognized, in 2021, the supernatural character of the events that occurred at Cimbres.

At the same time, the process of beatification of one of the seers, Sister Amelia, was initiated, which corroborates the church's approval of the devotion to the Virgin Mary under the designation of Our Lady of Graces of Cimbres.

The Region of Cimbres, the scene of the apparitions, has a prolific history of Marian devotions and supernatural events associated with the Virgin Mary.

The Virgin enthroned in the chapel came to be known as Our Lady of the Mountains, given the rugged topography of the site of their meeting, being the target of special devotion of the Xukuru indigenous to this day,[32] who designate her Mother Tamain.