"So far as the particular circumstances that gave rise to the Fatima message are concerned the Church has warmly recommended acceptance of the apparitions, but only as a matter of human faith, so that a Catholic is not obliged to accept the initial accounts, whether of 1917, or the appearances of the angel in 1916 or subsequent revelations communicated to Lucy since 1917..." (Must Catholics Believe in Fatima? The Place of Private Revelation In The Church)
Not anymore. I remember reading books my mother had around that terrified me as a kid but I decided not to worry because I'd have to be the age I am now before any of it started happening.
First of all, I never said anything about Fatima. I actually have a great devotion to Our Lady of Fatima and believe that she was instrumental in the defeat of atheistic communism. The apparitions at Fatima have been investigated by the Church and found worthy of belief. I don't see how that relates in any way to something the visionary allegedly sees later in life and that is reported by a Pope-hating schismatic. I will still wait for the proper authorities to make a statement. We are not obliged to believe in every single apparition that comes down the pike, and in fact the Church has declared some apparitions dangerous. Second of all, any well catechized Catholic will tell you that the faithful are not obliged to give the assent of faith to private revelations, which are merely optional aids to faith. There is only one public revelation which ended with the death of the last apostle, John the Evangelist, and in fact no true private revelation can contradict the content of the faith.