Our Lady of Fatima

Our Lady of Fatima (pron. IPA ['fa.ti.mɐ]) is the title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary by those who believe that she appeared to three shepherd children at Fátima, Portugal on the 13th day of six consecutive months in 1917, starting on 13 May. The title of Our Lady of the Rosary is also used in reference to the same apparition; the children related that the apparition specifically identified herself as "the Lady of the Rosary". It is also common to see a combination of these titles, i.e., Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima (Portuguese: Nossa Senhora do Rosário de Fátima) Image File history File links Download high resolution version (367x642, 33 KB) Summary Our Lady of Fatima Licensing This image is in the public domain in the United States and possibly other jurisdictions. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (367x642, 33 KB) Summary Our Lady of Fatima Licensing This image is in the public domain in the United States and possibly other jurisdictions. ... Look up pronunciation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Articles with similar titles include the NATO phonetic alphabet, which has also informally been called the “International Phonetic Alphabet”. For information on how to read IPA transcriptions of English words, see IPA chart for English. ... “Our Lady” redirects here. ... Fātima was originally an Arabic name, meaning She who weans, being the name of the only proved surviving child of the prophet Muhammad; after the advent of Islam it became a common Muslim name for women. ...

History

Between May and October of 1917, three shepherd children, Lúcia Santos and her cousins Jacinta and Francisco Marto reported visions of the Virgin Mary in the Cova da Iria fields outside the hamlet of Aljustrel, very close to Fatima, Portugal. They had this experience on the 13th day of each month at approximately the same hour.^[1] Lúcia described seeing Mary as "brighter than the sun, shedding rays of light clearer and stronger than a crystal glass filled with the most sparkling water and pierced by the burning rays of the sun."^[1] Jacinta and Francisco Marto and Lúcia Santos Lúcia de Jesus Rosa Santos – Sister Lúcia of Jesus and of the Immaculate Heart, better known as Sister Lúcia of Jesus – (March 22, 1907 – February 13, 2005) was a Roman Catholic Carmelite nun. ... Jacinta and Francisco Marto and Lúcia dos Santos Jacinta Marto (1910-1920) and her brother Francisco Marto (1908-1919), also known as Blessed Jacinta Marto and Blessed Francisco Marto, together with their cousin, Lúcia dos Santos (1907-2005) were the children from Aljustrel near Fátima in Portugal... Saint Mary and Saint Mary the Virgin both redirect here. ... Cova da Iria is in Fátima, Portugal. ... Hamlet on the outskirts of Fatima, Portugal, municipality of Ourém. ... Fatima basilica Fatima esplanade, 13/05/2003 Religious articles, 13/05/2003 Fátima is a town in Portugal famous for the religious visions that are said to have taken place there in 1917. ...

A photostatic copy of a page from Ilustração Portugueza, October 29, 1917, showing the crowd looking at the miracle of the sun during the Fatima apparitions (attributed to the Virgin Mary)

According to Lúcia's account Mary confided to the children three secrets, known as the Three Secrets of Fatima.^[1] She exhorted the children to do penance and to make sacrifices to save sinners.^[1] The children wore tight cords around their waists to cause pain, abstained from drinking water on hot days, and performed other works of penance.^[1] Most important, Lúcia said Mary asked them to say the Rosary every day, reiterating many times that the Rosary was the key to personal and world peace. Many young Portuguese men, including relatives of the visionaries, were then fighting in World War I. Image File history File links Newspaper_fatima. ... Image File history File links Newspaper_fatima. ... is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... Photo shot taken towards the sun during The Miracle of the Sun on 13 October 1917, as published in LOsservatore Romano in 1951. ... The term Virgin Mary has several different meanings: Mary, the mother of Jesus, the historical and multi-denominational concept of Mary Blessed Virgin Mary, the Roman Catholic theological and doctrinal concept of Mary Marian apparitions shrines to the Virgin Mary Virgin Mary in Islam, the Islamic theological and doctrinal concept... Our Lady of Fatima Jacinta Marto, Francisco Marto and Lúcia dos Santos in 1917 The Three Secrets of Fatima are said to be three prophecies that were given by an apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary to three young Portuguese shepherds, Lucia Santos and her cousins Jacinta and Francisco... For other uses, see Penance (disambiguation). ... Our Lady of Lourdes - Mary appearing at Lourdes with Rosary beads. ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ...

Thousands of people flocked to Fatima and Aljustrel in the ensuing months, drawn by reports of visions and miracles.^[1] On August 13, 1917, the provincial administrator Artur Santos^[2] (no relation), believing that the events were politically disruptive, intercepted and jailed the children before they could reach the Cova da Iria that day.^[1] Prisoners held with them in the provincial jail later testified that the children, while upset, were consoled by the inmates, and then led the inmates in saying the Rosary.^[1] Administrator Santos interrogated the children primarily about the secrets, but was unsuccessful in his attempt to discover what those secrets were.^[1] Santos went so far as to feign the preparation of a pot of boiling oil, and then removed the children one by one from his interrogation room, claiming that each removed child had been boiled to death in the oil, and urging the remaining child to divulge the secret so as to avoid a similar fate.^[1] That month, instead of the usual apparition in the Cova da Iria on the 13th of the month, the children reported that they saw Mary on August 19 at nearby Valinhos.^[1] is the 225th day of the year (226th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... Arturo de Oliveira Santos was the mayor of Ourem, in which the town of Fatima was located, during the time of the apparations of Our Lady of Fatima to three young shepherd children in 1917. ... Our Lady of Lourdes - Mary appearing at Lourdes with Rosary beads. ... is the 231st day of the year (232nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

On October 13, 1917, the final in the series of the apparitions of 1917, a crowd believed to be approximately 70,000 in number,^[3] including newspaper reporters and photographers, gathered at the Cova da Iria in response to reports of the children's prior claims that on that day a miracle would occur "so that all may believe".^[1] It rained heavily that day, yet countless observers reported that the clouds broke, revealing the sun as an opaque disk spinning in the sky and radiating various colors of light upon the surroundings, then appearing to detach itself from the sky and plunge itself towards the earth in a zigzag pattern, finally returning to its normal place, and leaving the people's once wet clothing now completely dry. The event is known as the "Miracle of the Sun".^[4] is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... The Miracle of the Sun is an alleged miraculous event that was witnessed by as many as 100,000 people on 13 October 1917 in the Cova da Iria fields near Fátima, Portugal[1]. According to many witness statements, after a downfall of rain, the clouds broke and the...

Columnist Avelino de Almeida of O Século (Portugal's most influential newspaper, which was pro-government in policy and avowedly anti-clerical),^[1] reported the following "Before the astonished eyes of the crowd, whose aspect was biblical as they stood bare-headed, eagerly searching the sky, the sun trembled, made sudden incredible movements outside all cosmic laws-the sun 'danced' according to the typical expression of the people."^[5] Eye specialist Dr. Domingos Pinto Coelho, writing for the newspaper Ordem reported "The sun, at one moment surrounded with scarlet flame, at another aureoled in yellow and deep purple, seemed to be in an exceeding fast and whirling movement, at times appearing to be loosened from the sky and to be approaching the earth, strongly radiating heat".^[6] The special reporter for the October 17, 1917 edition of the Lisbon daily, O Dia, reported the following, "...the silver sun, enveloped in the same gauzy grey light, was seen to whirl and turn in the circle of broken clouds...The light turned a beautiful blue, as if it had come through the stained-glass windows of a cathedral, and spread itself over the people who knelt with outstretched hands...people wept and prayed with uncovered heads, in the presence of a miracle they had awaited. The seconds seemed like hours, so vivid were they."^[7] is the 290th day of the year (291st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ...

Depiction of the three children receiving the vision. This tilework is from Ironbound, a Portuguese neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey.

No movement or other phenomenon of the sun was registered by scientists at the time.^[1] According to contemporary reports from poet Afonso Lopes Vieira and schoolteacher Delfina Lopes with her students and other witnesses in the town of Alburita, the solar phenomena were visible from up to forty kilometers away.^[1] The three shepherd children, in addition to reporting seeing the actions of the sun that day,^[8] also reported seeing a panorama of visions, including those of Jesus, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and of Saint Joseph blessing the people.^[1] Download high resolution version (1920x2560, 712 KB)photo of Lady of Fatima in Ironbound, Newark. ... Download high resolution version (1920x2560, 712 KB)photo of Lady of Fatima in Ironbound, Newark. ... House in the Ironbound St. ... Nickname: Map of Newark in Essex County County Founded/Incorporated 1666/1836 Government  - Mayor Cory Booker, term of office 2006–2010 Area [1]  - City 67. ... This article is about Jesus of Nazareth. ... “Our Lady” redirects here. ... For other uses, see Saint Joseph (disambiguation). ...

The first two secrets

The first secret was a vision of Hell, which Lucia describes in her Third Memoir, written in 1942, as follows: For other uses, see Hell (disambiguation). ...

"Our Lady showed us a great sea of fire which seemed to be under the earth. Plunged in this fire were demons and souls in human form, like transparent burning embers, all blackened or burnished bronze, floating about in the conflagration, now raised into the air by the flames that issued from within themselves together with great clouds of smoke, now falling back on every side like sparks in a huge fire, without weight or equilibrium, and amid shrieks and groans of pain and despair, which horrified us and made us tremble with fear. The demons could be distinguished by their terrifying and repulsive likeness to frightful and unknown animals, all black and transparent. This vision lasted but an instant. How can we ever be grateful enough to our kind heavenly Mother, who had already prepared us by promising, in the first Apparition, to take us to heaven. Otherwise, I think we would have died of fear and terror."^[9]

The second secret included Mary's instructions on how to save souls from Hell and convert the world to the Catholic faith:

"You have seen hell where the souls of poor sinners go. To save them, God wishes to establish in the world devotion to my Immaculate Heart. If what I say to you is done, many souls will be saved and there will be peace. The war is going to end: but if people do not cease offending God, a worse one will break out during the Pontificate of Pius XI. When you see a night illuminated by an unknown light, know that this is the great sign given you by God that he is about to punish the world for its crimes, by means of war, famine, and persecutions of the Church and of the Holy Father. To prevent this, I shall come to ask for the consecration of Russia to my Immaculate Heart, and the Communion of reparation on the First Saturdays. If my requests are heeded, Russia will be converted, and there will be peace; if not, she will spread her errors throughout the world, causing wars and persecutions of the Church. The good will be martyred; the Holy Father will have much to suffer; various nations will be annihilated. In the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph. The Holy Father will consecrate Russia to me, and she shall be converted, and a period of peace will be granted to the world."^[10]

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The fate of the three children

Jacinta and Francisco Marto and Lúcia Santos in 1917

Lúcia reported seeing the Virgin again in 1925 at the Dorothean convent at Pontevedra, Galicia (Spain). This time, she said she was asked to convey the message of the First Saturday Devotions. A subsequent vision of the Christ Child Himself reiterated this request, by her account. Image File history File links Jacinta_Francisco_Lucia_Fatima. ... Image File history File links Jacinta_Francisco_Lucia_Fatima. ... Jacinta and Francisco Marto and Lúcia dos Santos Jacinta Marto (1910-1920) and her brother Francisco Marto (1908-1919), also known as Blessed Jacinta Marto and Blessed Francisco Marto, together with their cousin, Lúcia dos Santos (1907-2005) were the children from Aljustrel near Fátima in Portugal... Jacinta and Francisco Marto and Lúcia Santos Lúcia de Jesus Rosa Santos – Sister Lúcia of Jesus and of the Immaculate Heart, better known as Sister Lúcia of Jesus – (March 22, 1907 – February 13, 2005) was a Roman Catholic Carmelite nun. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... Sister Lúcia of Jesus Maria Lúcia Rosa dos Santos – Sister Lúcia of Jesus and of the Immaculate Heart, better known as Sister Lúcia of Jesus – (March 22, 1907 – February 13, 2005) was a Roman Catholic Carmelite nun. ... The Apparition at Pontevedra Eight years after the Fatima events, one of the seers, now called Sister Lucia was living in a Dorothean convent in Pontevedra, Spain. ... Galicia (Spain) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The First Saturday Devotions are a Roman Catholic practice recommended by the Virgin Mary in several visitations, notably Our Lady of Fatima. ...

Lúcia was transferred to another convent in Tui or Tuy, Galicia in 1928. In 1929, Lúcia reported that Mary returned and repeated her request for the Consecration of Russia to her Immaculate Heart. Tui is a small city located in the southwest of Galicia, Spain. ... Galicia (Spain) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The Immaculate Conception is a Roman Catholic doctrine which asserts that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was preserved by God from the stain of original sin at the time of her own conception. ...

Lúcia reportedly saw Mary in private visions periodically throughout her life. Most significant was the apparition in Rianjo, Galicia in 1931, in which Sister Lúcia said that Jesus visited her, taught her two prayers, and delivered a message to give to the hierarchy of the Church. Galicia (Spain) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

In 1947, Sister Lúcia left the Dorothean order and joined the Carmelite order in a convent in Coimbra, Portugal. Lúcia died on February 13, 2005, at the age of 97. After her death, the Vatican, specifically Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (at that time, still head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith) ordered her cell sealed off. It is believed this was because Sister Lúcia had continued to receive more revelations, and they wished to censor them, or perhaps simply to examine them in the course of proceedings for Lúcia's canonization.^{[citation needed]} Origin and early history Carmelites (in Latin Ordo fratrum Beatæ Virginis Mariæ de monte Carmelo) is the name of a Roman Catholic order founded in the 12th century by a certain Berthold (d. ... Location    - Country Portugal    - Region Centro  - Subregion Baixo Mondego  - District or A.R. Coimbra Mayor Carlos Encarnação  - Party PSD Area 319. ... is the 44th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is becoming very long. ... The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) (Congregatio pro Doctrina Fidei) is the oldest of the nine congregations of the Roman Curia. ... Icon of St. ...

Lúcia's cousins, the siblings Francisco (1908–1919) and Jacinta Marto (1910–1920), were both victims of the Great Spanish Flu Epidemic of 1919. This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... Jacinta Marto (1910-1920) and her brother Francisco Marto (1908-1919), also known as Blessed Jacinta Marto and Blessed Francisco Marto, together with their cousin, Lúcia dos Santos (1907-2005) were the children from Aljustrel near Fátima in Portugal who reported witnessing two apparitions of an angel in... The 1918 flu pandemic, commonly referred to as the Spanish flu, was a category 5 influenza pandemic caused by an unusually severe and deadly Influenza A virus strain of subtype H1N1. ...

Francisco and Jacinta were declared venerable by Pope John Paul II in a public ceremony at Fatima on May 13, 1989. John Paul returned there on May 13, 2000, to declare them 'blessed' (a title of veneration below that of sainthood; see Canonization). Jacinta is the youngest non-martyred child ever to be beatified. A Stained Glass image of Venerable Father Samuel Mazzuchelli in St. ... is the 133rd day of the year (134th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 133rd day of the year (134th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... Icon of St. ...

During the second apparition on June 13, 1917, the Virgin Mary predicted the deaths of two of the children, although Lucia did not tell anybody about these predictions until 1941. Some accounts, including the testimony of Olimpia Marto (mother of the two younger children) state that her children did not keep this information secret and ecstatically predicted their own deaths many times to her and to curious pilgrims. According to the 1941 account, on June 13, Lúcia asked the Virgin if the three children would go to heaven when they died. She heard Mary reply, "Yes, I shall take Francisco and Jacinta soon, but you will remain a little longer, since Jesus wishes you to make me known and loved on earth. He wishes also for you to establish devotion in the world to my Immaculate Heart.^[11] Jacinta, in fact, accurately foretold the time and detailed circumstances of her death, according to Lúcia and hospital staff. ^{[citation needed]} is the 164th day of the year (165th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... is the 164th day of the year (165th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Exhumed in 1935 and again in 1951, Jacinta's body was found incorrupt.^[12] Francisco's had decomposed. Incorruptibility is the property of a (usually human) body that doesnt decompose after death. ...

The consecration of Russia

According to Sister Lúcia, The Virgin Mary promised that the Consecration of Russia would lead to Russia's conversion and an era of peace.^[1] Saint Mary and Saint Mary the Virgin both redirect here. ... The Consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary was reported to be a request of Our Lady of Fatima to bring about peace in the World. ...

Pope Pius XII, in his Apostolic Letter of July 7, 1952 Sacro Vergente Anno is considered to have performed the requested consecration. Pius XII wrote, “…just as a few years ago We consecrated the entire human race to the Immaculate Heart of the Virgin Mary, Mother of God, so today We consecrate and in a most special manner We entrust all the peoples of Russia to this Immaculate Heart…” The Venerable Pius XII, born Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Eugenio Pacelli (Rome, March 2, 1876 - October 9, 1958) served as the Pope from March 2, 1939 to 1958. ... is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Others believe that Pope John Paul II fulfilled this request in 1984 by giving a blessing over the world, including Russia, before the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, even though that consecration did not specifically mention Russia by name. Coat of Arms of Pope John Paul II. The Letter M is for Mary, the mother of Jesus, to whom he held strong devotion Pope John Paul II (Latin: , Italian: Giovanni Paolo II, Polish: Jan PaweÅ‚ II) born   []; 18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005) reigned as the 264th Pope of...

Some believe that Lucia Santos verified that this ceremony fulfilled the requests of the Virgin Mary. However, in the Blue Army's Spanish magazine, Sol de Fatima, in the September 1985 issue, Sister Lúcia said that the ceremony did not fulfill the Virgin Mary's request, as there was no specific mention of Russia, and "many bishops attached no importance to it". Jacinta and Francisco Marto and Lúcia Santos Lúcia de Jesus Rosa Santos – Sister Lúcia of Jesus and of the Immaculate Heart, better known as Sister Lúcia of Jesus – (March 22, 1907 – February 13, 2005) was a Roman Catholic Carmelite nun. ... The Blue Army of Our Lady of Fatima (pron. ... Sol de Fatima is a Spanish language Catholic devotional magazine. ...

In 2001, Archbishop Tarcisio Bertone issued a statement, claiming that he had met with Sister Lúcia, who reportedly told him, "I have already said that the consecration desired by Our Lady was made in 1984, and has been accepted in Heaven." Sister Lúcia died on February 13 (same day as the apparitions), 2005, without making any public statement of her own to settle the issue. is the 44th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Our Lady of Fatima

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The Third Secret

The third secret, a vision of the death of the Pope and other religious figures, was transcribed by the Bishop of Leiria and reads:

"After the two parts which I have already explained, at the left of Our Lady and a little above, we saw an Angel with a flaming sword in his left hand; flashing, it gave out flames that looked as though they would set the world on fire; but they died out in contact with the splendour that Our Lady radiated towards him from her right hand: pointing to the earth with his right hand, the Angel cried out in a loud voice: ‘Penance, Penance, Penance!'. And we saw in an immense light that is God: ‘something similar to how people appear in a mirror when they pass in front of it' a Bishop dressed in White ‘we had the impression that it was the Holy Father'. Other Bishops, Priests, men and women Religious going up a steep mountain, at the top of which there was a big Cross of rough-hewn trunks as of a cork-tree with the bark; before reaching there the Holy Father passed through a big city half in ruins and half trembling with halting step, afflicted with pain and sorrow, he prayed for the souls of the corpses he met on his way; having reached the top of the mountain, on his knees at the foot of the big Cross he was killed by a group of soldiers who fired bullets and arrows at him, and in the same way there died one after another the other Bishops, Priests, men and women Religious, and various lay people of different ranks and positions. Beneath the two arms of the Cross there were two Angels each with a crystal aspersorium in his hand, in which they gathered up the blood of the Martyrs and with it sprinkled the souls that were making their way to God."^[13]

Controversy around the Third Secret

The Vatican withheld the third secret until June 26, 2000 – despite Lúcia's declaration that it could be released to the public after 1960. Several sources, including Canon Barthas and Cardinal Ottaviani, said that Sr. Lúcia insisted to them it must be released by 1960, saying, "by that time, it will be more clearly understood." When 1960 passed without any such announcement, immense speculation over the content of the secret materialized. Our Lady of Fatima Jacinta Marto, Francisco Marto and Lúcia dos Santos in 1917 The Three Secrets of Fatima are said to be three prophecies that were given by an apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary to three young Portuguese shepherds, Lucia Santos and her cousins Jacinta and Francisco... is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ...

Some sources claim that the third part of the secret revealed in the year 2000 was not the real secret, or at least not the full secret. This was long suspected because it was known that the third part of the Secret began with the words, "In Portugal, the dogma of the Faith will always be preserved etc." Sister Lúcia revealed this in her Fourth Memoir. These words and even this theme were not reflected by the version released by the Vatican on June 26, 2000. is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ...

Another argument for this revolved around the decision to release the secret much later than when specified by Sister Lúcia. It was thought that the secret might contain condemnatory remarks about the last pope (who obviously would not have wanted to release it), or that it might contain inflammatory remarks about Russia. Instead, the third part of the secret as revealed was by far the most unspecific and ambiguous part (compared to earlier parts which said that if unconsecrated, "Russia will spread its errors around the world").

Cardinal Ratzinger (later Pope Benedict XVI) said in November 1984 that the Secret would cause "sensationalism" and dealt with the "end times." This comment could not be understood if the Secret referred to the assassination attempt in 1981.^[14] This article is becoming very long. ...

On November 11, 1984, as reported in the Pauline Catholic magazine Jesus, Cardinal Ratzinger stated that he had "read the text of the Third Secret." When asked why he had not revealed it, he replied that "in the judgment of previous Popes, it adds nothing to what Christians must know respecting what is stated in the Book of Revelation." is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... Visions of John of Patmos, as depicted in the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. ...

This followed the report in the October 1981 issue of the German Catholic magazine Stimme des Glaubens of a discussion at Fulda in November 1980 when Pope John Paul II had stated to a select group of German Catholics, in response to the question why he had not revealed the Third Secret of Fatima, "If you read that the oceans will inundate continents, and millions of people will die suddenly in a few minutes, once this is known, then in reality it is not necessary to insist on the publication of this Secret."

However, in another interview, Pope John Paul II indicated that the entire secret of Fatima could be summarized in the idea that prayer, especially the Rosary, is the remedy against all manner of evil.

Controversies of Fatima

Fatima is not without controversy. The apparitions occurred during a period when Freemasons had gained influence in Portugal and attempted to limit the power of the Catholic Church following the republican revolution of October 5, 1910. Many Catholics felt persecuted, leading to a polarization of Portuguese society between the largely urban liberals and the largely rural and more conservative Catholics. Secularists may have viewed the apparitions as an attempt by the Church to reassert political control. The detention of the children by the provincial administrator reflects this concern. This article is 82 kilobytes or more in size. ... The revolution of 1910 was a republican coup détat that occurred in Portugal on October 5, 1910, which deposed King Manuel II and established the Portuguese First Republic. ... For other uses, see 5th October (Serbia). ... Year 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... This article is about secularism. ...

Following the rise of the counter-revolutionaries in the military revolution of 1926, under General Óscar Carmona, the newly re-established government, and especially that of Prof. António de Oliveira Salazar, devotion to Our Lady of Fatima was no longer semi-forbidden. In fact, it became rather encouraged, being one of the three anecdotal elements of popular Portuguese nationalism: "Fado, Fatima, and Futbol" (commonly referred to as "the three F's"). Manuel Gomes da Costa The 28th May 1926 coup détat, sometimes called 28th May Revolution or, during the period of Estado Novo, National Revolution (Portuguese: Revolução Nacional), was a military action that put an end to the unstable Portuguese First Republic and initiated the Ditadura Nacional (National Dictatorship... António de Fragoso Carmona António de Fragoso Carmona (1869-1951) was the tenth President of Portugal, having been Minister of War in 1923 and then General Dictator (officially Prime Minister) of Portugal. ... António de Oliveira Salazar, pron. ... Fado (translated as destiny or fate) is a music genre which can be traced from the 1820s in Portugal, but probably with much earlier origins. ... A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ... Tripartite motto is the conventional English term for a motto, a slogan, or an advertising phrase in the form of a hendiatris. ...

In the years prior to the revelation of the Third Secret in 2000, many tabloids published articles claiming the Third Secret was a vision of the end of the world, or "earth changes" similar to those predicted by Edgar Cayce, which would come to pass in the very near future. Lúcia, when asked about these articles, denied that the third secret was anything like that, although in Catholic publications she referred enquirers to Chapters 8 to 13 in the Book of Revelation. A tabloid is a newspaper — especially in the United Kingdom — that uses the tabloid format, which is roughly 23½ by 14¾ inches per spread. ... Edgar Cayce (March 18, 1877 – January 3, 1945) (pronounced or like Casey) was an American who claimed psychic abilities. ... Visions of John of Patmos, as depicted in the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. ...

In 1992 details relating to the apparitions, which had previously been unreleased, were finally revealed. A priest who had interviewed the children at the time of the apparitions reported their description of the Lady wearing a short skirt, earrings and a necklace with a medallion.^[15] This did not accord with the norms^[16] of modesty expected of the Blessed Virgin and was not included in the official reports at the time. This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...

In the Documentação Crítica de Fátima, Doc. 2, pp. 11–12 Cónego Formigão, who also participated in the inquiries, said:

"Jacinta declares that Our Lady's dress goes down only to her knees. Our Lady can only appear dressed, obviously, in the most decent and modest way. The dress would have to come down to her feet. Any other way constitutes the most serious obstacle to the supernaturalism of the apparition and makes us think that it is a mystification prepared by the Spirit of Darkness. But how can we explain the belief of so many thousands of people, their living faith and burning piety, the modesty and the composure they show in all their acts, the silence and behavior of the crowd, the numerous and astonishing conversions caused by the events, the appearance of extraordinary signs in the sky and on the earth, verified by thousands of witnesses? How can we explain, I repeat, all these facts and conciliate them with divine providence and the laws that rule the supernatural world, above all after the establishment of Christianity, if the Demon is the cause of such events? (Documentação, Doc. 7, pp. 66–67, cited in Armada and Fernandes, p. 190)

The earrings worn by the Virgin were assimilated into a "halo" of light around her head in the descriptions issued in the aftermath of the apparitions with no mention of the actual jewelery observed by the children.

The short dress worn by the Virgin during the apparitions did not form part of any official description released at the time, instead, and in sharp contrast, the Virgin was reported as saying: "Certain fashions will be introduced which will offend my Son (Jesus) very much."^[17]

In the 1940s, Pius XII was asked his opinion of what women teaching in Italian schools should wear to preserve their modesty. He replied "Below the knee, halfway down the arm, and two finger widths below the collarbone." which the Virgin is described as having breached during the Fatima apparitions.^[18]

Controversy Around Sister Lúcia

There have been accusations of a campaign to cover up the message of Fatima by ecclesiastical authorities within the Catholic Church, including the motivation behind imposing an order of silence against Sister Lúcia. Lúcia was already under orders of silence as a Carmelite sister, giving no interviews or statements to the public without permission, and she continued to write private diaries and personal letters up until her death. Jacinta and Francisco Marto and Lúcia Santos Lúcia de Jesus Rosa Santos – Sister Lúcia of Jesus and of the Immaculate Heart, better known as Sister Lúcia of Jesus – (March 22, 1907 – February 13, 2005) was a Roman Catholic Carmelite nun. ... Origin and early history Carmelites (in Latin Ordo fratrum Beatæ Virginis Mariæ de monte Carmelo) is the name of a Roman Catholic order founded in the 12th century by a certain Berthold (d. ...

However, when journalists sought out Sister Lúcia after the Vatican refused to release the Third Secret in 1960, they found it had become increasingly difficult to see her.^[19] She was forbidden not only to reveal the Secret but also to speak about the Third Secret at all. She could not, from 1960 forward, receive any visitors except close relatives.^[20]

Even her confessor of many years, Father Aparicio, who had been in Brazil for over twenty years, was not permitted to see her when he visited Portugal. He stated: "I have not been able to speak with Sister Lúcia because the Archbishop could not give the permission to meet her. The conditions of isolation in which she finds herself have been imposed by the Holy See. Consequently, no one may speak with her without a license from Rome."^[21]

More than forty years later, Sister Lúcia remained under the imposition of silence. Only Pope John Paul II or Cardinal Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI) could grant the permission necessary for her to speak openly or to be visited. Coat of Arms of Pope John Paul II. The Letter M is for Mary, the mother of Jesus, to whom he held strong devotion Pope John Paul II (Latin: , Italian: Giovanni Paolo II, Polish: Jan PaweÅ‚ II) born   []; 18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005) reigned as the 264th Pope of... Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (b. ... This article is becoming very long. ...

On November 15, 1966 Pope Paul VI revised the Code of Canon Law, striking down canons 1399 and 2318, which among other things had prohibited and penalized the publication of any material concerning any apparitions (approved or not) without beforehand obtaining a bishop’s imprimatur. After the revision, therefore, anyone in the Church was permitted to publish freely on Marian apparitions, including those at Fatima. Yet Sister Lúcia was still forbidden to reveal the Fatima Secret. She remained under an order of silence until her death in February 2005, unable to speak freely about Fatima without special permission from the Vatican.^[22] This article cites very few or no references or sources. ... In Western culture, canon law is the law of the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches. ...

Political aspects

Conservative Catholics take the anti-Communist character of Lúcia Santos' messages very much to heart. The Blue Army of Our Lady is made up of Catholics and non-Catholics who believe that by dedicating themselves to daily prayer (specifically, of the Rosary) they can help to achieve world peace and put an end to the error of communism. In 1952, a feature film, The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima, was released. Critics held that the film overplayed the role of socialist and other leftist elements in Portuguese government as the "adversaries" of the visions. They state that since the government was controlled not by socialists but by Freemasons at the time, most government opposition to the visions would have been motivated by concern for separation of church and state, not by atheistic or Communistic ideology. Other critics have stated that only the enemies of the message propose such a belief. This article is about communism as a form of society and as a political movement. ... The Blue Army of Our Lady is a Catholic lay society dedicated to the message of Our Lady of Fatima. ... Our Lady of Lourdes - Mary appearing at Lourdes with Rosary beads. ... The Miracle Of Our Lady Of Fatima is a feature length film made in 1952. ... Socialism is a social and economic system (or the political philosophy advocating such a system) in which the economic means of production are owned and controlled collectively by the people. ... This article is 82 kilobytes or more in size. ...

Official position of the Catholic Church

Private revelations do not form part of the deposit of faith of the Roman Catholic Church and its members are not bound to believe in any of them. However, as a matter of prudence, assent would normally be expected of a Catholic based on the discernment of the Church and its judgement that an apparition is worthy of belief.^[23][24] Popes Pius XII, John XXIII, Paul VI and John Paul II have voiced their acceptance of the supernatural origin of the Fatima events. Indeed, John Paul II credited Our Lady of Fatima with saving his life following the assassination attempt on the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima, 1981. After a canonical enquiry the visions of Fatima were officially declared "worthy of belief" in October 1930 by the Bishop of Leiria-Fatima.^[25]

Interesting facts

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• The message of Our Lady of Fatima has had a significant impact on the spread and distribution of the Holy Rosary. In 1949, Xaverian Brother Sylvan Mattingly was Inspired by the message of Our Lady of Fatima to form "Our Lady of Fatima Rosary Making Club" in the basement of St. Xavier High School in Louisville, Kentucky with $25 donated by an old couple for a typewriter. Mattingly died in 1951, but the organization grew to be Our Lady's Rosary Makers, the largest Catholic Rosary making group in the United States with 17,000 active members. The organization has distributed hundreds of millions of free rosaries to Catholic missions worldwide.

• Although it has been used previously, Fátima has become a more common name for Portuguese females. Legend says that the name of the city derives from a Moorish princess from Alcácer do Sal named Fatima who, following her capture by Christian forces during the Moorish occupation of Portugal, was betrothed to the leader of those forces, Gonçalo Hermigues, converted to Catholicism, and was baptised before her marriage in 1158. Her baptismal name was Oureana. Legend also says that the name of the town Ourém derives from Oureana — this however is not true, since the name of the city is attested before these events.

• Fatima is originally an Arabic name, and was used by Muslims to name daughters in honor of Muhammad's daughter, who had that name - see "Fatima Zahra".

• Msgr. Eugenio Pacelli, the future Pope Pius XII (and "Pope of Fatima" as he had also become known) was being consecrated a Bishop in the Sistine Chapel by Pope Benedict XV on May 13, 1917, the day "the Lady of the Rosary" is said to have first appeared at Fatima, Portugal.

• Pope John Paul II believed he was preserved from assassination by Our Lady of Fatima. He visited Fatima three times after the attempted assassination on May 13, 1981 — the feast day of Our Lady of Fatima, as celebrated by Roman Catholics. He offered to Our Lady of Fatima both the bullet that was removed from his body that was placed in the crown of the Virgin image in Fatima,^[26] and his first cardinal ring.

• The Church dedicated to Our Lady of Fatima in the Parish of Gwardamangia, Pietà, Malta is the only Sanctuary Dedicated to Our Lady of Fatima in the Maltese Islands. It holds an annual village feast with band marches, fireworks and a procession with the statue of Our Lady of Fatima which passes from many streets of the village. The feast is organised by the Our Lady of Fatima Parish Feast Commission [2].

• Our Lady of Fatima Parish is one of the divisions of mainland Macau, a former Portuguese colony, now part of a special administrative region of China.

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References

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Bibliography

• Michael Cuneo: "The Vengeful Virgin: Studies in Contemporary Catholic Apocalypticism" in Tim Robbins and Susan Palmer (eds) Millennium, Messiahs and Mayhem: New York: Routledge: 1997: ISBN 0-415-91649-6

• Nick Perry and Loreto Echevarria: Under the Heel of Mary: New York: Routledge: 1988: ISBN 0-415-01296-1

• Sandra Zimdars-Swartz: Encountering Mary: Princeton: Princeton University Press: 1991: ISBN 0-691-07371-6

External links

• Sanctuary of Fatima — Official Website
• The True Third Secret of Fatima - The Message As Revealed by a Marian Visionary
• The Story and The Message of Fatima Film Official Website
• The Miracle of Fatima Years of continuing sermons and prophecy from "Mary Reborn Literally"
• The Call To Fatima - The Story and The Message
• "The True Story of Fatima" — Contains the classic written by John De Marchi; contains many first-person witness accounts, including those of newspaper reporters and of the children themselves.
• Official Vatican Statement releasing the third secret of Fatima
• 'Third Secret of Fatima Revealed' by Jack Duggan (PeacefulAssembly.org) - This extract being circulated presently in diplomatic circles.
• The Fatima Network: Our Lady of Fatima Online a virtual library of well-researched information concerning Lucia and the Fatima apparitions sponsored by the Fatima Center and the International Fatima Rosary Crusade
• Full account of the 1917 apparitions
• Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) and Our Lady and Islam: Heaven's Peace Plan The relationship between Mary, Islam and the Fatima apparitions.
• Fatima Perspectives
• A Fatima Soliloquyand its commentary
• Our Lady of Fatima Praesidium of the Legion of Mary
• Our Lady of Fatima Parish Feast Commission in Pietà, Malta
• The Secrets of Fatima by Nigel Watson
• A Summary of Fatima by Fr.Robert J. Fox

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