Reflection for Pope's Visit to Shrine of Fatima By Mark Miravalle STUBENVILLE, Ohio, MAY 12, 2010 (Zenit.org).- On the 93rd anniversary of the first apparition of Our Lady of the Continue reading here: http://www.zenit.org/article-29239?l=english
Rosary to three Portuguese children, Benedict XVI will address the world from this favored Marian shrine. Amidst an unprecedented attack on the papacy in recent months, and in light of the July 13, 1917, Fatima prophecy that "the Holy Father will have much to suffer," many wonder if this prophecy referred not only to the assassination attempt of John Paul II on the same anniversary in 1981, but also to the grossly unjust attacks being presently leveled against our own saintly Vicar of Christ. "She alone can help you." These words from Our Lady of Fatima speak also to the present crisis in the Church and the specific attack on the papacy. Many faithful believe that turning to Our Lady in this time of ecclesiastical crisis is the ultimate answer. Cardinal Ratzinger seemed to confirm this at least in principle in his renowned 1984 "Ratzinger Report," where he identifies the remedy to the ubiquitous crisis of faith and culture today by precisely "turning to Mary." In the minds of a significant number of cardinals, bishops, theologians and laity, the best defense for the papacy of Benedict XVI is a Marian offense.
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