'Lucia and two of her cousins, siblings Jacinta and Francisco, said in 1907 that the Virgin Mary had been appearing to them once a month and predicting events, such as a world war, the fall of Russian communism, and the eventual persecution of Catholics and the Pope. The appearances took place on the 13th day of each month in Fatima, a town about 70 miles north of Lisbon.
The first sighting was May 13, and the appearances took place for another five months, ending abruptly in October that year.
Shortly after, both Jacinta and Francisco died of respiratory diseases. But Lucia became a nun and penned two memoirs while living in convents.
The Catholic Church later built a shrine in Fatima, which is visited each year by millions of people from around the world. More than 100,000 people from dozens of countries routinely attend the annual commemorations of the sightings.
Pope John Paul II has visited three times since becoming pontiff, spending a few minutes with Lucia during a 1991 trip to the site. He has claimed the Virgin of Fatima saved his life after he was shot by a Turkish gunman in St Peter’s square in 1981. The May 13, 1981, attack coincided with the feast day of Our Lady of Fatima, and John Paul credit’s the Virgin’s intercession for his survival.
In 2000, he visited Fatima to beatify Jacinta and Francisco.
A funeral was scheduled for Tuesday, TSF reported. '
I would be surprised if our present Pope delays too
long in nominating her for canonization, which
surely would be granted an immediate affirmation.
http://religion-cults.com/pope/canonizations.htm
Pope John Paul II has canonized over 120 mortals
for sainthood.
There is also the third secret of Fatima, I wonder what that is about.
The occurrences at Fatima were not in 1907, but 1917. The visions occurred between May 13th and October 13th 1917. By then, the First World War had been underway for several years. Archduke Franz Ferdinand had been assassinated on June 28, 1914, which sparked the start of war. The Russian Revolution was also well under way. The Tsar was forced to abdicate on March 15, 1917, and the Red Russians (Marxist/Leninist commies) siezed power later that year.
Catholics and the Pope have not been widely persecuted since Roman times.
The only prediction that came true was the eventual fall of the Soviet communist state, 72 years after Fatima.