"Fifteen years after the apparitions at
Fatima, Mary appeared to
children in Belgium, both at Banneaux
and Beauraing. These are the last Marian apparitions to receive the
full approval of Rome, although many more recent apparition sites
have the approval of the local bishops. The two apparitions in
Belgium developed the Fatima message and prepared the way for
the messages of Amsterdam. Our
Lady appeared to five children at Beauraing: Fernande, Gilberte,
Albert, Andrew, and Gilbert in thirty-two apparitions from November
19, 1932, until January 3, 1993. On December 21, 1932, Our Lady
identified herself to the children, 'I am the Immaculate Virgin.'
The
children saw a golden heart in the center of Mary's chest. On January
3, 1933, she said to Andrew, 'I am the Mother of God, the Queen of
Heaven. Pray always!'"