Research Paper On Fatima

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Fatima The Virgin Mary had appeared to the 3 Shepard children, Lucia, Francisco, and Jacinta 6 times between May 13 and October 13, 1917. She appeared to them in the near the town of Fatima, Portugal. She had come to their village since they had remained faithful to the Catholic Church during the recent persecutions by the government in their area. She had been sent by God with a message to every man, woman, and child living in our century. Our lady of Fatima had promised that she would grant the whole world be in peace and that many souls would go to heaven only if her request were listened to and be obeyed. She said that war was punishment for sin and that God would punish the world for the sins it has committed in our time by means of war,