The Secrets of Fatima: What You Need to Know

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The Secrets of Fatima: What You Need to Know

Portions of the Virgin Mary's prophetic message were kept under wrap for decades

by Leah Jessen | Updated 09 May 2017 at 8:12 AM:

 

The 100th anniversary of the first Marian Apparition in Fatima, Portugal, is this week on May 13. But what exactly are the so-called secrets of Fatima?

Three shepherd children, 100 years ago, claimed to have seen supernatural appearances of the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus. Before Mary appeared, one of the children — Lucia — saw an angel.

Our Lady warned that if people did not stop offending God, He would punish the world.

“In the summer of 1916, Lucia dos Santos, the youngest of a family of seven children, began shepherding her family’s flock along with three of her friends, Teresa Matias and her sister Maria Rosa, and Maria Justino,” as Catholic News Agency reported. “During this time, an angelic figure appeared before the girls three different times as they were praying the rosary in the fields, but did not speak to them.”

The following year, the Virgin Mary appeared to Lucia Santos, and to her cousins Francisco and Jacinta Marto, six separate times between May 13, 1917, and October 13, 1917. Along with her apparitions, Mary gave the children three secrets.   http://www.lifezette.com/faithzette/secrets-of-fatima-what-you-need-to-know/