Cora Louise Evans (July 9, 1904 – March 30, 1957) was an

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n wife and mother who was raised Mormon and eventually converted to Catholicism in 1935. She is considered to be a mystic.

Conversion and visions

Evans was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints but became disillusioned with the church and was baptized into the Catholic Church in 1935 in Utah. Her husband and daughters did the same soon after. She later said she received visions of Jesus and Mary, which she promoted as "The Mystical Humanity of Christ." Her cause for sainthood has been approved by the Holy See, gaining her the title

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, and her cause is being handled by the Diocese of Monterey in California.

Veneration

In June 2010, the cause of beatification and canonization was officially opened. Twelve years later, in the fall of 2022, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops voted to advance the cause to the diocesan level.

Conversion and visions

Veneration

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