Sister Lucy’s
Statement to Professor Walsh (July 15, 1946)
On July 15, 1946, Catholic
historian William Thomas Walsh interviewed Sister Lucy at her convent of the
Dorothean Sisters at Vilar, Portugal. He recorded the incident in his popular
book Our Lady of Fatima. This interview clearly demonstrates that Our
Lady’s request for the Consecration of Russia will only be fulfilled when,
together, the Pope and the world’s Catholic bishops consecrate
specifically Russia:
Finally we came to the
important subject of the second July secret, of which so many different and
conflicting versions have been published. Lucia made it plain that Our Lady did
not ask for the consecration of the world to Her Immaculate Heart. What
She demanded specifically was the consecration of Russia.
She did not comment, of
course, on the fact that Pope Pius XII had consecrated the world, not Russia,
to the Immaculate Heart in 1942. But she said more than once, and with
deliberate emphasis: ‘What Our Lady wants is that the Pope and all the
bishops in the world shall consecrate Russia to Her Immaculate Heart on
one special day. If this is done, She will convert Russia and there will be
peace. If it is not done, the errors of Russia will spread through every
country in the world.’
‘Does this mean, in
your opinion, that every country, without exception, will be overcome by
Communism?’
‘Yes.’1
Professor Walsh continued:
It was plain that she felt
that Our Lady’s wishes had not yet been carried out. People must say the
Rosary, perform sacrifices, make the Five First Saturday Communions, pray for
the Holy Father.
In this interview with
Professor Walsh, Sister Lucy again set forth the precise requirements for the
Consecration of Russia, performed in accordance with Our Lady’s request:
the Pope, together with all of the world’s bishops, must publicly and
solemnly consecrate Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Also, it is telling
that Sister Lucy did not comment on Pope Pius XII’s 1942 consecration of
the world: by her silence on the subject, and by once again repeating the
specific requirements for the Consecration, she affirmed that a consecration of
the world would not suffice to fulfill Our Lady’s request.
Notes:
1. William Thomas Walsh, Our Lady of Fatima,
4th printing, (1947) p. 226.
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