The Catholic
Church's Endorsements
of the Fatima Apparitions
Jan. 17, 1918: The Diocese of
Fatima
is restored by Pope Benedict XV.
Oct. 13, 1921: The first Mass is
celebrated
in the Chapel of Apparitions in the Cova da Iria.
Oct. 13, 1930: The Bishop of
Fatima
declares the Fatima apparitions worthy of acceptance as of supernatural
origin.
Oct. 31, 1942: Pope Pius XII
consecrates
the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
May 4, 1944: Pope Pius XII
institutes
the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, on the twenty-fifth
anniversary
of the apparitions of Fatima.
May 13, 1946: Pope Pius XII
crowns
the image of Our Lady of Fatima and proclaims her "Queen of the World".
June 13, 1946: Pope Pius XII issues his
encyclical
"Deiparae Virginis Mariae", in which he refers favorably to Our
Lady's message at Fatima.
Oct. 13, 1951: The Holy Year closing
celebration
takes place at the Marian shrine at Fatima.
July 7, 1952: Pope Pius XII consecrates
the
Russian people to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Oct. 11, 1954: In his encyclical "Ad
Caeli
Reginam" [establishing the Feast of the Queenship of Mary] Pius XII
refers to the miraculous image of Our Lady of Fatima.
Nov. 12, 1954: The sanctuary shrine in
Fatima
is raised to basilica rank by Pope Pius XII.
Oct. 13, 1956: Pope Pius XII, through
Papal
Legate Eugene Cardinal Tisserant, blesses and dedicates the
international
headquarters of the Blue Army of Our Lady of Fatima, constructed near
the
shrine of Fatima.
Dec. 13, 1962: Pope John XXIII
institutes
the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary in honor of Our Lady of Fatima.
Nov. 21, 1964: Pope Paul VI renews Pius
XII's
consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, speaking to the
Fathers of the Second Vatican Council.
May 13, 1965: Paul VI sends a Golden
Rose
to Fatima confiding the "Entire Church" to Our Lady's protection.
May 13, 1967: Pope Paul VI goes to
Fatima,
where he calls for renewed consecration to the Immaculate Heart.
May 13, 1982: Pope John Paul II goes to
Fatima
to pray in thanksgiving for his surviving the attempted assassination
on
5/13/81.
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The Consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart with all of the
world's
Bishops in union on the same day and time will be done at last, it
"will be late", but it will be done.
