In August 1941 Sister Lúcia wrote her third memoir in which she described the apparition of 13 July 1917. She said that the Virgin told 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 [First World] war is going to end; if people do not cease offending God, a worse one will break out during the pontificate of Pius XI. When you see a night illumined 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. 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 will be converted, and a period of peace will be granted to the world.”
Pope John Paul II on 25 March 1984 allegedly consecrated Russia in a public ceremony though Russia was never specifically mentioned in the consecration prayer; the consecration was in the form of a ‘whole-world consecration’. Cardinal Bertone said to the press many times that the message of Fátima was finished; however the Pope in 2010 publicly announced that “we are mistaken if we think the prophecies of Fátima have been fulfilled”, fueling belief that the consecration has not properly taken place. Cardinal Bertone reported that Lúcia Santos had said that the consecration requested by the Virgin Mary had been fulfilled and accepted in Heaven, and that everyone should live out the consecration personally by faithfully wearing the brown scapular.[8] Others devoted to the cause of Fátima say that Russia has not yet been consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.[9]
The entrance to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fátima, to the south of the rectory, is a segment of the Berlin Wall intended to emphasize the belief that the Rosary prayers influenced the fall of the Berlin Wall related to the Consecration of Russia based on the Our Lady of Fátima messages.[10]
If what I say to you is done, many souls will be saved and there will be peace. The [First World] war is going to end; if people do not cease offending God, a worse one will break out during the pontificate of Pius XI.
Pius XI
Papacy began: 6 February 1922
Papacy ended: 10 February 1939
Created Cardinal: 13 June 1921
Predecessor: Benedict XV
Pope from 3 September 1914 until his death in 1922