"Fatima: Spectacular signs for a skeptical age." When the Virgin Mary appeared to three children, and thousands saw a great miracle

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see https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2017/10/06/fatima-spectacular-signs-for-a-skeptical-age/

When the miracle of the sun occurred: “Terrified, I ran and hid myself among the people, who were weeping and expecting the end of the world at any moment. Near us was an unbeliever who had spent the morning mocking at the simpletons who had gone off to Fatima ‘just to see an ordinary girl.’ He now seemed to be paralyzed, his eyes fixed on the sun. Afterwards he trembled from head to foot and lifting up his arms fell on his knees in the mud, crying out to Our Lady.”

After this miracle the skepticism of Catholics then and of the Catholic Church passed away, and Fatima became one of the world’s great Catholic shrines.
 
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One of the striking things is that the apparition focused on the reality of Hell. And when St Jacinta was dying she said: ‘if men knew what eternity is, they would do everything to change their lives’. Very powerful.
 
The Church’s approval of the Fatima apparition is reflected in the Popes’ veneration of the Fatima event and their great favor for it.
This can be exemplified the reaction of Pope John Paul after he was shot in 1981, with what could been mortal wounds. He was shot on the feast day of Our Lady of Fatima and he credited her of saving his life. The next year he went to Fatima and had a bullet with which he was shot put in the crown of the statue of Our Lady of Fatima there. This story is at A Bullet, A Pope & Our Lady of Fatima for Today | Edward Sri
 
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I think the question is, first to the Church and then to the world, “Will you repent, believe God, and do penance in love for the unbelievers, that they will repent and believe God?”
 
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