Bogoslovska smotra, Vol. 88 No. 2, 2018.
Conference paper
Actuality of the Messages of Fatima in the Churches of Our Lady of Fatima in Croatia
Petar Lubina
; The editorial board of the journal Marija, Split, Croatia
Abstract
A hundred years after the events at Fatima, the messages from Our Lady of Fatima are present and active among the faithful Croatians. This is evident through the amount of churches dedicated to Our Lady of Fatima, in which Christ’s believers are inspired by the Fatima messages of prayer and penance, conversion and peace. In this article, the author presents these churches and remarks on the acceptance of the messages of Our Lady of Fatima in them over time. In the introduction, he writes about the arrival of news regarding the Fatima events to the Croatian territory, the start of the pilgrimage of believers in Fatima and the beginning and delving devotion to Our Lady of Fatima among Croatian Catholics. This is evident through the construction of churches, chapels, and small chapels in her honour. In the conclusion, he evaluates the acceptance and actualization of Fatima’s messages in these churches and their influence on the Marian devotion in the Croatian regions.
Keywords
Our Lady of Fatima; messages; acceptance; actualization; the Church in Croatia
Hrčak ID:
204200
URI
Publication date:
26.7.2018.
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