Remembering the Fatima Messages

The last century has seen so many apparitions of the Blessed Mother but it is the apparitions in Fatima, Portugal which stand out because of the grave messages to mankind. The Fatima messages are so wide-ranging in scope that a single book will not suffice. Topics like consecration, the First Saturday devotion, the rise and spread of atheistic Communism, the Rosary as a weapon for peace, the devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, the vision of Hell, the Third Secret – all these can be traced to the Fatima messages.

One prominent message was the rise of the atheistic communist system which was spread by Russia. With the collapse of the Soviet Communist Empire in 1990-91 and the revelation of the Third Secret of Fatima on 13 May 2000, can we say that the Fatima Messages have come to its completion? Judging from the pronouncements of church authorities and some world events, it can be said that the Fatima Messages continue to hover over a troubled mankind.

Visiting Fatima in 13 May 2010, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI reportedly said, “One deceives himself who thinks that the prophetic mission of Fatima is concluded.”