Fatima

The student who compiled the set of slides related to Fatima would like to remain anonymous. We will arrive in Fatima on the heels of a visit by Pope Benedict XVI. The Holy Father will be in Fatima on May 13 to remember Pope John Paul II and the 29th anniversary of the assassination attempt on his life (5/13/1981).

TIMELINE

1917: Three Portuguese children herding their sheep witnessed the apparition of a woman "brighter than the sun." (May 13). For the next six months the Virgin Mary visited the children every 13th day of the month. In August, the secularist (freemason) local administration arrested and detained the children. On the 19th day of that month, the Virgin appeared to the children. They were interrogated for the content of the secrets she confided in them. On October 13 approximately 70,000 people gathered to witness the apparition. According to all written testimony, the sun rotated wildly and changed colors.

1930: After canonical inquiry, the visions of Fatima were officially declared "worthy of belief." By this point over 2 million people made pilgrimages to the site

1938: In February the Pope dies, just as one of the children, Lucia, had predicted according to the visions (the second secret of Fatima).

1940s: The Church asks Lucia to write the secrets on paper.

1981: Unsuccessful assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II

2000: The third secret is revealed predicting the unsuccessful assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II.

2007: The fourth largest Catholic Church was constructed in Fatima