Case file · Apparition / miracle
Our Lady of Kibeho
From 28 November 1981, schoolgirls at Kibeho College in south-western Rwanda reported visions of Mary that included an apocalyptic picture of the country descending into violence.
1981 CE · -2.63, 29.55 · status: account
The account
The three visionaries recognized by the Church were Alphonsine Mumureke, Nathalie Mukamazimpaka and Marie Claire Mukangango. Many later read the visions as foretelling the 1994 genocide. The local bishop declared the visions of the first three authentic in 2001, and the Holy See published his declaration.
The sceptical view
The visions came at a time of rising tension between Hutu and Tutsi, which could shape such fears; approval is a pastoral judgment, not a scientific one.
Connections in the atlas
- Legio Maria: visions on the shore of Lake Victoria
- The Uganda Martyrs of Namugongo
- The Kanungu church fire
- Our Lady of Warraq
- Zeitoun apparition