8.41. What about Fatima, Divine Mercy & Medjugorje? Wouldn’t Our Lady have warned us and protected the Church from falling into error?
This question touches on a deep concern: How could such a drastic crisis occur without Heaven sounding a clear alarm? In fact, Our Lady did warn us — and the warnings were ignored, suppressed, or distorted by the very men responsible for leading the Church astray.
1. Fatima Was the Warning — But It Was Suppressed.
The Blessed Virgin at Fatima in 1917 gave a prophetic message of coming apostasy, persecution of the Church, and chastisement unless there was repentance and the Consecration of Russia.
The Third Secret, said to be revealed by 1960, was not released in full.
Sr. Lucia said the message would be “clearer then” — and what happened in 1960? The Vatican began planning Vatican II, which led to a new Mass, new doctrines, and a new Church orientation.
Fatima was heaven’s warning, but the false hierarchy suppressed or reinterpreted it.
Even earlier, La Salette (1846) warned:
“Rome will lose the Faith and become the seat of the Antichrist.”
2. True Marian Apparitions Warn of Apostasy — False Ones Promote It.
The Church teaches that private revelation cannot contradict public revelation or authentic doctrine. Even if an apparition seems holy, it must be rejected if it promotes:
Religious indifferentism,
False obedience to heretics,
False concepts of mercy without justice.
❌ Medjugorje:
Full of doctrinal errors and ecumenical confusion.
The “Gospa” allegedly promotes obedience to the Novus Ordo hierarchy and sacrilegious practices.
Rejected by the local bishop, but promoted by modernist Rome.
❌ Divine Mercy Devotion (modern form):
Condemned in 1959 by the Holy Office under Pope Pius XII due to theological concerns and questionable mysticism.
Later “resurrected” by John Paul II, who canonized Sr. Faustina and imposed Divine Mercy Sunday — as part of his modernist campaign of “reconciliation” without repentance.
These devotions serve to support Vatican II’s program, not challenge it.
3. Heaven Has Warned Us. The Question Is — Who’s Listening?
The issue is not that Our Lady failed to warn us — but that her true messages were:
Distorted to fit the new religion (e.g. “Fatima is about peace, not conversion”),
Buried (e.g. the unreleased Third Secret),
Or replaced by false consolations that promote Vatican II “popes” and ecumenism.
As St. Paul warns:
“For they will turn away their ears from the truth, and will be turned unto fables.”
“Even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.”
4. Why Would Heaven Permit Deception?
In Scripture and Church history, God sometimes permits false prophets to test the fidelity of the faithful:
“If there rise up in the midst of thee a prophet... saying, Let us go after strange gods... thou shalt not hear the words of that prophet... for the Lord your God trieth you.”
Apostasy of the Clergy:
“The priests, ministers of my Son, by their wicked lives… have become cesspools of impurity.”
| La Salette Prophecy | Post-Vatican II Fulfillment |
|---|---|
| “Rome will lose the Faith…” | Vatican II promoted heresies (e.g., ecumenism, religious liberty) already condemned by previous popes. |
| “The Church will be in eclipse…” | The true Catholic Church is obscured while a counterfeit church occupies her visible structures. |
| “Ministers have become cesspools…” | Rampant moral corruption and doctrinal betrayal among clergy; public scandals worldwide. |
| “The abomination will be seen…” | The Novus Ordo Missae, interreligious gatherings, Pachamama idolatry, and desacralization of worship. |
As sedevacantists maintain, the true Catholic Church cannot defect or teach heresy — but the institution presently occupying the Vatican does so openly and repeatedly. La Salette warned of a time when the structure claiming to be the Church would in fact be controlled by enemies and serve as an instrument of apostasy.
“Eclipse of the Church” Explained
The phrase “the Church will be in eclipse” is key. Just as the sun is not destroyed in a solar eclipse but is obscured, so too the true Church — the Mystical Body of Christ — remains intact but hidden during this period of widespread deception.
This does not mean that the Church has ceased to exist. Rather, her public visibility, papal leadership, and hierarchy have been eclipsed by a counterfeit church, one which promotes error under the name of Catholicism. This is consistent with St. Paul’s prophecy of a “great apostasy” before the coming of the Antichrist (2 Thess 2:3–11).
Our Lady’s Call to Action
Despite the dire warnings, Our Lady did not call for despair — but for:
Penitence and prayer, especially the Rosary
Fidelity to the true Catholic Faith, untainted by modernist innovations
Courage to resist false shepherds, no matter how high their office appears
Endorsement by Saints and Popes
Pope Pius IX and St. John Vianney both approved and praised the apparition.
Mélanie’s 1879 version was published with the imprimatur of Bishop Zola of Lecce.
Several approved commentators saw it as a supernatural forewarning of the modernist apostasy condemned by St. Pius X in Pascendi Dominici Gregis (1907).
Further Reading:
The Secret of La Salette – Mélanie 1879
Our Lady of La Salette and the Apostasy – Analysis on NovusOrdoWatch.org
Fr. Luigi Villa’s research on La Salette and the enemies within the Church
Historical approval documents: Bishop de Bruillard (1851), Bishop Zola (1879)