Pope
Francis is planning to consecrate the world to the Immaculate Heart of
Mary on October 13 while kneeling before the statue of Our Lady of the
Rosary from Fatima which will be flown to Rome for the event.
According to the official
website
of the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima in Fatima, Portugal, the statue of
Our Lady which is currently housed in the Little Chapel of Apparitions
will be brought to Rome on October 12-13 to be present for the Marian
Day celebrations. The actual consecration will take place on October 13.
In a letter addressed to Bishop Antonio Marto, of Leiria-Fatima, the
President of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New
Evangelization, Archbishop Rino Fisichella, wrote: “The Holy Father
strongly desires that the Marian Day may have present, as a special
sign, one of the most significant Marian icons for Christians throughout
the world and, for that reason, we thought of the beloved original
Statue of Our Lady of Fatima”.
This will not be the first time the world was
consecrated
to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The first consecration took place on
October 31, 1942, when Pope Pius XII consecrated the world to the
Immaculate Heart.
He followed this consecration 10 years later with another, only this
time he specifically consecrated the Russian people to the Immaculate
Heart in keeping with a request made by Our Lady during the apparitions
of July 13, 1917. Pope Paul VI renewed this consecration in 1964.
According to
correspondence
by Sr. Lucia, one of the three children to whom Mary appeared in
Fatima, these consecrations did not yet fulfill Our Lady’s request; and
so, in 1982, Pope John Paul II invited all the bishops of the world to
join him in consecrating the world and Russia to the Immaculate Heart.
However, because so many bishops did not receive the invitation in time
for the consecration, Sr. Lucia said that Our Lady’s request still had
not been fulfilled.
A year later, in October of 1983, Pope John Paul II tried again, this
time at the Synod of Bishops. He followed this with another
consecration in March, 1984, in which he was “united with all the
pastors of the Church in a particular bond”. Both the pope and Sr. Lucia
were uncertain that the conditions had been met, but in 1989, Sr. Lucia
confirmed that it had been accomplished and that “God will keep His
word.”
Three months later, on November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall fell. Within
a month, peaceful revolutions took place in Soviet satellite states
such as Czechoslovakia, Romania, Bulgaria and Albania. In 1990, East and
West Germany were unified. On Christmas Day, 1991, the Union of the
Soviet Socialist Republic was dissolved.
The Marian Day celebration in Rome, which will take place Oct. 12-13,
will include a recitation of the Rosary with those gathered in Marian
shrines throughout the world; a prayer vigil; Marian catechesis; and
Holy Mass celebrated by Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square.
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Pope
Francis is planning to consecrate the world to the Immaculate Heart of
Mary on October 13 while kneeling before the statue of Our Lady of the
Rosary from Fatima which will be flown to Rome for the event.
According to the official
website
of the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima in Fatima, Portugal, the statue of
Our Lady which is currently housed in the Little Chapel of Apparitions
will be brought to Rome on October 12-13 to be present for the Marian
Day celebrations. The actual consecration will take place on October 13.
In a letter addressed to Bishop Antonio Marto, of Leiria-Fatima, the
President of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New
Evangelization, Archbishop Rino Fisichella, wrote: “The Holy Father
strongly desires that the Marian Day may have present, as a special
sign, one of the most significant Marian icons for Christians throughout
the world and, for that reason, we thought of the beloved original
Statue of Our Lady of Fatima”.
This will not be the first time the world was
consecrated
to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The first consecration took place on
October 31, 1942, when Pope Pius XII consecrated the world to the
Immaculate Heart.
He followed this consecration 10 years later with another, only this
time he specifically consecrated the Russian people to the Immaculate
Heart in keeping with a request made by Our Lady during the apparitions
of July 13, 1917. Pope Paul VI renewed this consecration in 1964.
According to
correspondence
by Sr. Lucia, one of the three children to whom Mary appeared in
Fatima, these consecrations did not yet fulfill Our Lady’s request; and
so, in 1982, Pope John Paul II invited all the bishops of the world to
join him in consecrating the world and Russia to the Immaculate Heart.
However, because so many bishops did not receive the invitation in time
for the consecration, Sr. Lucia said that Our Lady’s request still had
not been fulfilled.
A year later, in October of 1983, Pope John Paul II tried again, this
time at the Synod of Bishops. He followed this with another
consecration in March, 1984, in which he was “united with all the
pastors of the Church in a particular bond”. Both the pope and Sr. Lucia
were uncertain that the conditions had been met, but in 1989, Sr. Lucia
confirmed that it had been accomplished and that “God will keep His
word.”
Three months later, on November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall fell. Within
a month, peaceful revolutions took place in Soviet satellite states
such as Czechoslovakia, Romania, Bulgaria and Albania. In 1990, East and
West Germany were unified. On Christmas Day, 1991, the Union of the
Soviet Socialist Republic was dissolved.
The Marian Day celebration in Rome, which will take place Oct. 12-13,
will include a recitation of the Rosary with those gathered in Marian
shrines throughout the world; a prayer vigil; Marian catechesis; and
Holy Mass celebrated by Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square.
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Pope
Francis is planning to consecrate the world to the Immaculate Heart of
Mary on October 13 while kneeling before the statue of Our Lady of the
Rosary from Fatima which will be flown to Rome for the event.
According to the official
website
of the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima in Fatima, Portugal, the statue of
Our Lady which is currently housed in the Little Chapel of Apparitions
will be brought to Rome on October 12-13 to be present for the Marian
Day celebrations. The actual consecration will take place on October 13.
In a letter addressed to Bishop Antonio Marto, of Leiria-Fatima, the
President of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New
Evangelization, Archbishop Rino Fisichella, wrote: “The Holy Father
strongly desires that the Marian Day may have present, as a special
sign, one of the most significant Marian icons for Christians throughout
the world and, for that reason, we thought of the beloved original
Statue of Our Lady of Fatima”.
This will not be the first time the world was
consecrated
to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The first consecration took place on
October 31, 1942, when Pope Pius XII consecrated the world to the
Immaculate Heart.
He followed this consecration 10 years later with another, only this
time he specifically consecrated the Russian people to the Immaculate
Heart in keeping with a request made by Our Lady during the apparitions
of July 13, 1917. Pope Paul VI renewed this consecration in 1964.
According to
correspondence
by Sr. Lucia, one of the three children to whom Mary appeared in
Fatima, these consecrations did not yet fulfill Our Lady’s request; and
so, in 1982, Pope John Paul II invited all the bishops of the world to
join him in consecrating the world and Russia to the Immaculate Heart.
However, because so many bishops did not receive the invitation in time
for the consecration, Sr. Lucia said that Our Lady’s request still had
not been fulfilled.
A year later, in October of 1983, Pope John Paul II tried again, this
time at the Synod of Bishops. He followed this with another
consecration in March, 1984, in which he was “united with all the
pastors of the Church in a particular bond”. Both the pope and Sr. Lucia
were uncertain that the conditions had been met, but in 1989, Sr. Lucia
confirmed that it had been accomplished and that “God will keep His
word.”
Three months later, on November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall fell. Within
a month, peaceful revolutions took place in Soviet satellite states
such as Czechoslovakia, Romania, Bulgaria and Albania. In 1990, East and
West Germany were unified. On Christmas Day, 1991, the Union of the
Soviet Socialist Republic was dissolved.
The Marian Day celebration in Rome, which will take place Oct. 12-13,
will include a recitation of the Rosary with those gathered in Marian
shrines throughout the world; a prayer vigil; Marian catechesis; and
Holy Mass celebrated by Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square.
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