Cosmic significance of Fatima 13th May 1917

“The candlelight procession is the most eagerly awaited moment of the pilgrimage, the first after the death of Pope Francis and the election of Pope Leo XIV”. Shrine of Fatima in Portugal packed for first pilgrimage after Pope Francis' death Story by euronews Shrine of Fatima in Portugal packed for first pilgrimage after Pope Francis' death Thousands of pilgrims have arrived at the Shrine of Fatima in Portugal for the 13 May celebrations. The candlelight procession is the most eagerly awaited moment of the pilgrimage, the first after the death of Pope Francis and the election of Pope Leo XIV. Thousands of pilgrims arrived at the Shrine of Fatima in Portugal this Monday for the May 13th celebrations.© AP Photo The faithful have come from all over the country and the world to fulfil promises, give thanks or simply reflect, and there are many people who don't hide their emotion during the procession. Monday night saw a candlelight procession with nearly 270,000 pilgrims taking part. Thousands of lights illuminate the shrine, through which the image of Our Lady of Fatima passes. Today is the 13th May, 2025 May 13 is the anniversary of the apparition of Our Lady to three shepherd children in the small village of Fatima in Portugal in 1917. She appeared six times to Lucia, 9, and her cousins Francisco, 8, and his sister Jacinta, 6, between May 13, 1917 and October 13, 1917. The story of Fatima begins in 1916, when, against the backdrop of the First World War which had introduced Europe to the most horrific and powerful forms of warfare yet seen, and a year before the Communist revolution would plunge Russia and later Eastern Europe into six decades of oppression under militant atheistic governments, a resplendent figure appeared to the three children who were in the field tending the family sheep. “I am the Angel of Peace,” said the figure, who appeared to them two more times that year exhorting them to accept the sufferings that the Lord allowed them to undergo as an act of reparation for the sins which offend Him, and to pray constantly for the conversion of sinners. Then, on the 13th day of the month of Our Lady, May 1917, an apparition of ‘a woman all in white, more brilliant than the sun’ presented itself to the three children saying “Please don’t be afraid of me, I’m not going to harm you.” Lucia asked her where she came from and she responded, “I come from Heaven.” The woman wore a white mantle edged with gold and held a rosary in her hand. The woman asked them to pray and devote themselves to the Holy Trinity and to “say the Rosary every day, to bring peace to the world and an end to the war.” She also revealed that the children would suffer, especially from the unbelief of their friends and families, and that the two younger children, Francisco and Jacinta, would be taken to Heaven very soon but Lucia would live longer in order to spread her message and devotion to the Immaculate Heart. …. https://www.thecatholictelegraph.com/may-13-our-lady-of-fatima/74854