ELEISON COMMENTS DCCLXVIII (April 2, 2022) : RUSSIA CONSECRATED ?
ELEISON COMMENTS DCCLXVIII (April 2, 2022) : RUSSIA CONSECRATED ?
Ever since the Mother of God appeared several times in the early part of the 20th century to three Portuguese children, including Sister Lucy, in order to promise to Church and world a period of peace if the Pope and Catholic bishops would consecrate Russia to Her Immaculate Heart, Catholics have anxiously awaited that Consecration. Several Popes did Consecrations to fulfil her request : Pius XII in 1942 while World War two was raging; Paul VI towards the end of the Second Vatican Council ; John-Paul II three times, in 1981, 1982, and in 1984 when the substitute Sister Lucy declared that the Consecration had at last been validly performed – but who can say that a period of peace followed on from 1984 ? Therefore outright war with Russia in the Ukraine prompted Pope Francis to perform yet another consecration a few days ago. Was the consecration valid this time ?