The Popes, Marian Devotion, And The New Evangelization
By DONAL ANTHONY FOLEY Part 2 This is the second article in a series which looks at Marian aspects of the New Evangelization, in the light of the teaching of recent Popes. Following the tremendous events at Fatima in 1917, and particularly the Miracle of the Sun on October 13, and the approval of the apparitions by the local bishop in 1930, the following year, the Portuguese bishops collectively consecrated Portugal to Mary’s Immaculate Heart. In 1936, at the site of the Fatima apparitions, with the prospect of the country being afflicted with Communism as a result of the conflict raging in neighboring Spain, they made a vow to organize a national pilgrimage to Fatima if Portugal was delivered from…Continue Reading