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                          Fatima's Prophecies    At the third apparition the children experienced a deep fear, but this    seems to have been fear of the vision that was shown to the children    rather than fear of the personage that was showing the vision.. They    said that they were shown a frightening vision of hell, an    understandable source of fear given the archetypical entities shown in    the vision. As Lucia described it, Mary           ...opened her hands. The light reflecting from them seemed to           penetrate into the earth, and we saw as if into a sea of fire,           and immersed in that fire were devils and souls with human           form, as if they were transparent black or bronze embers           floating in the fire and swayed by the flames that issued from           them along with clouds of smoke, falling upon every side just           like the falling of sparks in great fires, without weight or           equilibrium, amidst wailing and cries of pain and despair that           horrified and shook us with terror. We could tell the devils           by their horrible and numerous figures of baleful and unknown           animals, but transparent as the black coals in a fire.    Understandably frightened and deathly pale, the children raised their    eyes to the Virgin Mary and cried out for help. She responded:           You have seen Hell where the souls of poor sinners go. To save           them God wants to establish throughout the world the devotion           to my Immaculate Heart. If people will do what I will tell           you, many souls will be saved, and there will be peace. The           war is going to end.But if they do not stop offending God,           another and worse war will break out in the reign of Pius XI.           When you see a night illuminated by an unknown light, know           that it is the great sign that God gives you, that He is going           to punish the world for its crimes by means of war, hunger,           persecution of the Church and of the Holy Father.           To forestall this, I shall come to ask the consecration of           Russia to my Immaculate Heart and the Communion of Reparation           on the First Saturdays. If they heed my requests, Russia will           be converted and there will be peace. If not, she shall spread           her errors throughout the world, promoting 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, which will be           converted, and some time of peace will be given to the world.           In Portugal the dogma of the faith will be kept always.    It is fair to say that this vision would not have been credible except    for one fact — history has shown that to be one of the most prophetic    of all messages given in our day. It is especially so when considered    as a message given early in the 20th century, when Russia was a    backwards country of little military importance in world affairs.    Concerning the night illuminated by an unknown light, this is    alleged to have come to pass on January 25, 1938. This was the night    of an extraordinary Aurora Borealis which illuminated all of Europe    and parts of North America. So unusual and breathtaking was this    auroral display, that many reports were received by fire departments    from people who thought that forests were on fire. The display was    reported on the front page of the New York Times and other newspapers    throughout the world. It is reported that Lucia, by then a nun in    seclusion, made it known to her bishop that this was the sign    prophesied by Mary. True to the prophesy, a worst war than World War I    began shortly afterwards when Germany declared war on Poland on    September 1, 1939, precipitating World War II. This was the same year    that Cardinal Achille Ratti, elected Pope Pius XI in 1922, died and    thus ended his reign.    In spite of the Fatima prophecies and miracles, the consecration of    Russia was not performed. Consequently, World War II was followed by    the Soviet empire, that spread her errors throughout the world,    promoting wars and persecutions of the Church. Millions were    martyred, and various nations were annihilated by being absorbed    into the Soviet Empire. As far as the Holy Father will have much to    suffer, this culminated in the assassination attempt on Pope John    Paul II in St. Peter's Square on May 13, 1981