{"id":23083,"date":"2022-03-15T13:40:59","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T18:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/luisapiccarreta.co\/?p=23083"},"modified":"2022-03-15T13:40:59","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T18:40:59","slug":"breaking-pope-francis-will-consecrate-russia-and-ukraine-to-the-immaculate-heart-of-mary-on-march-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/luisapiccarreta.co\/?p=23083","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Pope Francis will consecrate Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on March 25"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In a shock announcement made March 15, the Vatican revealed that Pope Francis will consecrate Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.<\/span><\/div>\n
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VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews<\/a>) \u2014 Pope Francis will consecrate Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, the Vatican announced on Tuesday, following an appeal made by the Ukrainian Catholic bishops.<\/p>\n

In an\u00a0announcement released March 15<\/a>, Matteo Bruni, the director of the Holy See Press Office announced:<\/p>\n

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On Friday 25 March, during the Celebration of Penance at which he will preside at 17.00 in Saint Peter\u2019s Basilica, Pope Francis will consecrate Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The same act, on the same day, will be carried out in Fatima by His Eminence Cardinal Krajewski, Apostolic Almoner, as envoy of the Holy Father.<\/p>\n

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March 25 is the feast of the Annunciation. No further details were provided about the consecration, but the message was repeated on the Pope\u2019s official Twitter account. LifeSiteNews has contacted the Holy See Press Office for further information.<\/p>\n

On Friday 25 March, during the Celebration of Penance at 17.00 in Saint Peter’s Basilica, I will consecrate <\/span>#Russia<\/a><\/span> and <\/span>#Ukraine<\/a><\/span> to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. <\/span>#PrayTogether<\/a><\/span> #Peace<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
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The news follows a\u00a0heartfelt appeal made<\/a>\u00a0to the pontiff on March 2 by the Latin-Rite Catholic bishops in Ukraine, who asked Pope Francis to consecrate Russia and Ukraine \u201cas requested by the Blessed Virgin in Fatima,\u201d to bring an end to the current conflict.<\/p>\n

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Their statement, released on the morning of Ash Wednesday, referenced the current conflict in Ukraine, and called for the consecration to be done in the manner requested by Our Lady of Fatima in 1917. The letter reads:<\/p>\n

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Holy Father! In these hours of immeasurable pain and terrible ordeal for our people, we, the bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Ukraine, are spokesmen for the unceasing and heartfelt prayer, supported by our priests and consecrated persons, which comes to us from all Christian people that Your Holiness will consecrate our Motherland and Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.<\/p>\n

Responding to this prayer, we humbly ask Your Holiness to publicly perform the act of consecration to the Sacred Immaculate Heart of Mary of Ukraine and Russia, as requested by the Blessed Virgin in Fatima.<\/p>\n

May the Mother of God, Queen of Peace, accept our prayer: Regina pacis, ora pro nobis!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Cardinal Krajewski, who will perform the consecration in Fatima on behalf of the Pope, has recently\u00a0visited<\/a>\u00a0Ukraine as the Papal envoy during the current crisis, and spoke with the Ukrainian Catholic bishops.\u00a0While<\/a>\u00a0in Lviv, Krajewski highlighted the power of prayer and faith to \u201cmove mountains\u201d and to prevent the current conflict.<\/p>\n

In July 1917, Our Lady of Fatima gave the three visionaries this\u00a0message<\/a>, asking for the explicit consecration of Russia to her Immaculate Heart:<\/p>\n

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To prevent this, I shall come to ask for the consecration of Russia to my Immaculate Heart, and the Communion of reparation on the First Saturdays. If my requests are heeded, Russia will be converted, and there will be peace; if not, she will spread her errors throughout the world, causing wars and persecutions of the Church. The good will be martyred; the Holy Father will have much to suffer; various nations will be annihilated. In the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph. The Holy Father will consecrate Russia to me, and she shall be converted, and a period of peace will be granted to the world.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Our Lady of Fatima repeated the request in 1929, when she appeared to Sr. Lucia saying: \u201cThe moment has come for God to ask the Holy Father to make, in union with all the bishops of the world, the Consecration of Russia to My Immaculate Heart. By this means, He promises to save Russia.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Controversy has reigned over the issue of the consecration of Russia, with some Catholics contending that it has taken place. However, while Pope John Paul II made an \u201centrustment-consecration\u201d of the world, including Russia, to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on March 25, 1984, he\u00a0deliberately avoided making<\/a>\u00a0the explicit mention of Russia as Our Lady had requested.<\/p>\n

German Cardinal Paul Josef Cordes\u00a0confirmed in 2017<\/a>\u00a0that John Paul II \u201cheld back [from mentioning] Russia explicitly because the Vatican diplomats had urgently asked him not to mention this country because otherwise political conflicts might perhaps arise.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The late Fr. Gabriele Amorth, former chief exorcist of Rome,\u00a0had already noted<\/a>\u00a0how the consecration had not been performed as requested, saying \u201ca specific consecration has not yet been made.\u201d<\/p>\n

It remains to be seen if Pope Francis will make the consecration of Russia in union with the bishops of the world, as outlined by Our Lady in 1929. In light of the Vatican\u2019s announcement,\u00a0Dr. Joseph Shaw, chairman of the Latin Mass Society U.K. called for the bishops of the world to join the Holy Father in making the consecration, as Our Lady of Fatima had asked.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A growing number of\u00a0Catholics<\/a>\u00a0and high-ranking prelates have been asking Pope Francis to perform the consecration in recent years. In 2017, the 100th anniversary of the year in which Our Lady called for the consecration to be made, Cardinal Raymond Burke\u00a0made<\/a>\u00a0a number of public addresses calling for the consecration.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is evident that the consecration (of Russia) was not carried out in the manner requested by Our Lady,\u201d he\u00a0added<\/a>\u00a0in October 2017. \u201cRecognizing the necessity of a total conversion from atheistic materialism and communism to Christ, the call of Our Lady of Fatima to consecrate Russia to Her Immaculate Heart in accord with Her explicit instruction remains urgent.\u201d<\/p>\n

The cardinal\u00a0doubled down in 2020<\/a>, linking the global crisis caused through response to COVID-19 to the consecration not having taken place. \u201cThe consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary is more needed today than ever,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen we witness how the evil of atheistic materialism, which has its roots in Russia, directs in a radical way the government of the People\u2019s Republic of China, we recognize that the great evil of communism must be healed at its roots through the consecration of Russia, as Our Lady has directed,\u201d Cardinal Burke continued.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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