FATIMA; I took this from the site of the World Apostolate of Fatima Engand and Wales.
Why the apparitions at Fatima are important
Fatima may justly be regarded as the most important Marian apparition of recent times, firstly because of its continuing association with the papacy from the outset; secondly because, as John Paul II wrote to the Bishop of Leiria-Fatima in October 1997, “among the signs of the times in the twenieth century, Fatima is certainly one of the greatest, because its message announces many later events and conditions them on the response to its appeals”; and lastly because in July 1917 Our Lady told Lucia that in October “I will perform a miracle for all to see and believe”. Even those who had come to scoff were forced to admit they had witnessed the unprecedented miracle of the sun, which was seen by a crowd of at least 70,000, who had made their way with much difficulty from all over Portugal to the remote hilltop location of the apparitions.
The Message of Fatima reaffirms the Faith of the Church
Bl. Pope John Paull II, at the Beatificaiton of Francisco and Jacinta at Fatima, on 13 May 2000, said: "A message of conversion and hope has spread from Fatima which is the true Gospel of Christ presented anew to our generation."
His successor, Benedict XVI, said at Fatima, on13 May 2010, that, "We would be mistaken to think that the prophetic mission of Fatima is complete."
The former Bishop of Leiria-Fatima, Dom Alberto Amaral, made the following pronouncement on the message of Fatima, which defines its place and significance for the faithful in the life of the Church:
"To know the message is to know the Gospel, to live the message is to live the Gospel. To accept the message is to accept Revelation as interpreted by the authentic Magisterium of the Church. There is almost no article of the Faith of the Church which is not reaffirmed, explicitly or implicitly, in the message of Fatima, understanding this in its widest and deepest sense."
(+ Alberto Cosme do Amaral, Bishop of Leiria-Fatima, 13 August 1991, writing in the Prologue to Francisco of Fatima by Fernando Leite, SJ, in the English translation published in 1999. Dom Alberto was bishop of Leiria-Fatima from 1972 to 1993).
Fatima may justly be regarded as the most important Marian apparition of recent times, firstly because of its continuing association with the papacy from the outset; secondly because, as John Paul II wrote to the Bishop of Leiria-Fatima in October 1997, “among the signs of the times in the twenieth century, Fatima is certainly one of the greatest, because its message announces many later events and conditions them on the response to its appeals”; and lastly because in July 1917 Our Lady told Lucia that in October “I will perform a miracle for all to see and believe”. Even those who had come to scoff were forced to admit they had witnessed the unprecedented miracle of the sun, which was seen by a crowd of at least 70,000, who had made their way with much difficulty from all over Portugal to the remote hilltop location of the apparitions.
The Message of Fatima reaffirms the Faith of the Church
Bl. Pope John Paull II, at the Beatificaiton of Francisco and Jacinta at Fatima, on 13 May 2000, said: "A message of conversion and hope has spread from Fatima which is the true Gospel of Christ presented anew to our generation."
His successor, Benedict XVI, said at Fatima, on13 May 2010, that, "We would be mistaken to think that the prophetic mission of Fatima is complete."
The former Bishop of Leiria-Fatima, Dom Alberto Amaral, made the following pronouncement on the message of Fatima, which defines its place and significance for the faithful in the life of the Church:
"To know the message is to know the Gospel, to live the message is to live the Gospel. To accept the message is to accept Revelation as interpreted by the authentic Magisterium of the Church. There is almost no article of the Faith of the Church which is not reaffirmed, explicitly or implicitly, in the message of Fatima, understanding this in its widest and deepest sense."
(+ Alberto Cosme do Amaral, Bishop of Leiria-Fatima, 13 August 1991, writing in the Prologue to Francisco of Fatima by Fernando Leite, SJ, in the English translation published in 1999. Dom Alberto was bishop of Leiria-Fatima from 1972 to 1993).
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