Year of Faith: Pope to consecrate world to Immaculate Heart of Mary

Tomorrow August 15th the Irish bishops will gather at Knock for the solemnity of the Assumption and will consecrate Ireland to the Immaculate heart of Mary (click on links to see previous blogs posts).

At the same time, the Holy See has announced that Pope Francis will consecrate the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary this Oct. 13 as part of the Marian Day celebration and that the consecration will be done in the presence of the statue of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima.

“The Holy Father strongly desires that the Marian Day may have present, as a special sign, one of the most significant Marian icons for Christians throughout the world and, for that reason, we thought of the beloved original Statue of Our Lady of Fatima,” wrote Cardinal Rino Fisichella.

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