1) Between May 13 and October 13, 1917, three Portuguese children (Francisco, Jacinta & Lucia dos Santos) received apparitions of Our Lady at Cova da Iria, near Fatima, a city 110 miles north of Lisbon.
2) Mary asked the children to
a) Pray the rosary for world peace,
b) For the end of World War I, for sinners and
c) For the conversion of Russia.
3) Mary gave the children three secrets.
a) Concerning devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
b) Vision of hell.
c) Pope John Paul II revealed the third secret in 2000; it talks about a "bishop in white" who was shot by a group of soldiers who fired bullets and arrows into him. It has an interpretation of Pope John Paul II assassination attempt in St. Peter's Square on May 13, 1981.
4) The feast of Our Lady of Fatima was approved by the local bishop in 1930; it was added to the Church's worldwide calendar in 2002.
5) Return to God
a) Francisco died in 1919
b) Jacinta died in 1920
c) Lucia dos Santos died in 2005 at the age of 97. (She was a Carmelite)
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