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{{Infobox saint
|honorific_prefix= [[Servant of God]]
|name = Cora Louise Evans
|birth_date = Cora Louise Yorgason Evans <br> {{birth date|1904|7|9|df=y}}
|death_date = {{death date and age|1957|3|30|1904|7|9|df=y}}
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|birth_place = [[Midvale, Utah]], United States
|death_place = [[Boulder Creek, California]], United States
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{{Christian mysticism}}
'''Cora Louise Evans''' (July 9, 1904<ref name = MHC/> – March 30, 1957) was
== 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.<ref name="CNA" /><ref name="SCS">{{cite news |last=Emmons |first=Mark |date=24 September 2013 |title=Vatican considering Santa Cruz Mountains mystic for sainthood |newspaper=The Mercury News |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/2013/09/24/vatican-considering-santa-cruz-mountains-mystic-for-sainthood/ |accessdate=5 October 2016}}</ref> Her husband and daughters did the same soon after.<ref>[https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/252793/meet-the-3-women-us-bishops-are-considering-for-sainthood Yoder, Katie. "Meet the 3 women the U.S. bishops are considering for sainthood", Catholic News Agency, November 13, 2022]</ref>
She later said she received [[visions of Jesus and Mary]], which she promoted as "The Mystical Humanity of Christ."<ref name="MHC">{{cite web|url=http://www.coraevans.com/about|title=Servant of God Cora Evans|publisher=The Mystical Humanity of Christ|first=Michael |last=McDevitt}}</ref> Her [[beatification|cause for sainthood]] has been approved by the [[Holy See]], gaining her the title [[Servant of God]], and her cause is being handled by the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Monterey in California|Diocese of Monterey in California]].<ref name="CNA" />
== 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Bishops Affirm Advancement of the Cause of Beatification and Canonization of Servant of God Cora Louise Evans {{!}} USCCB |url=https://www.usccb.org/news/2022/us-bishops-affirm-advancement-cause-beatification-and-canonization-servant-god-cora |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=www.usccb.org |language=en}}</ref>
==References==
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==Further reading==
* [https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2017/07/27/a-close-friend-remembers-servant-of-god-cora-evans/ Graves. Jim. "A close friend remembers Servant of God Cora Evans", ''Catholic World Report'', July 27, 2017]
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