Bishop Ricken announces formal inquiry into life of Servant of God Adele Brice

Adele Brice. | Credit: National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion Jan 5, 2026 / 17:02 pm (CNA). Bishop David L. Ricken of Green Bay, Wisconsin, has issued an edict formally announcing a diocesan inquiry into the life of Servant of God Adele Brice, the 19th-century Belgian immigrant who received the only Church-approved Marian apparitions in the United States. The edict, made on Dec. 28, 2025, during Mass on the feast of the Holy Family at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral…