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Echo report published in Aleteia by Kathleen N. Hattrup and AFP/East  ( Agence France-Presse )   news. Pope Francis announced he would consecrate Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on 25 March 2022, at Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome. A consecration ceremony is also scheduled in Fatima, Portugal by the Papal almoner, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski. Former Pope Benedict will join in consecration of Russia. Some scholars believe that Pope Pius XII’s most significant contribution was his consecration of the entire world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary , on October 31, 1942, the twenty-fifth anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima.   Former Cardinal Ratzinger, t he Pope Emeritus Benedict,  will join privately, not in the St. Peter's ceremony; bishops around the world announce their participation Archbishop Georg Gänswein, the personal secretary of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, confirmed that Benedict will join in Pope Francis’ consecration of Russia ...

"Our refuge is in our Mother": Echo report published in Aleteia .   https://www.corpuschristiphx.org/statue Pope to Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church: I am close to you Pope Francis thanks the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic community that lives in Rome and prays at the tomb of Salesian Ukrainian Bishop Stepan Czmil. On Sunday afternoon Pope Francis paid a visit to the Basilica of Santa Sofia home to Rome’s Greek-Catholic Community of Ukrainians.   The International Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Fatima will tour the Ukraine on a mission of peace and reconciliation. This is an initiative of Archbishop of Lviv Ihor Vozniak, of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. Coat of arms of Major Archbishop Sviatoslav “In times of trouble we find refuge in our Mother. We want to beg her for peace,” said the rector of the Fatima Shrine during a Holy Mass for the war-torn Ukraine. Fr. Carlos Cabecinhas pointed out that praying for peace is the mission of Fatima. Each day, prayers for the end of t...