Reflections on life, meaning and purpose

Pope Francis’ consecration of Russia and Ukraine is an ecclesiastical earthquake…

Why now? Why 105 years after the Fatima apparitions, and 93 years after Sister Lucia had the message from Our Lady confirmed in 1929, is the Holy Father explicitly consecrating Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, in union with the bishops of the world? The war is the reason, and not just the fighting in Ukraine. Kyiv is still standing but Kirill of Moscow has already fallen…