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One day before the May 13 celebration marking the 100th anniversary of
the Fatima apparitions, a statue of Our Lady of Fatima will be visiting
the United Nations.
May 12 will mark the second time this particular statue has been to the United Nations, the first being in 1952.
Among the presenters at the May 12 United Nations event is Johnnette Benkovic, founder and president of EWTN’s Women of Grace.
“As she [Our Lady] came to the world through her apparitions to the
shepherd children, the 100th anniversary of which will be celebrated the
following day, she ‘comes again’ to remind the people of the world that
the message is the same – that peace and hope and solidarity are
possible through Heaven’s plan,” Benkovic told CNA.
On May 13, 1917, three shepherd children named Lucia, Jacinta, and
Francisco saw a vision of Our Lady of Fatima who was dressed in white
and holding a rosary. These apparitions lasted through October of the
same year, and brought messages of prayer, repentance, and reparation.
The apparitions were declared of “supernatural character” by the
Catholic Church in 1930, and a shrine was erected near the original
apparition site in Fatima. Since then, thousands of pilgrims have made
their prayerful journeys to Fatima, including three popes: Pope Paul VI,
Pope John Paul II, and Pope Benedict XVI.
During Pope Francis’ upcoming anniversary pilgrimage to Fatima, he
will canonize two of the Fatima visionaries, Francisco and Jacinta
Marto, on May 13. CNA
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