Is the Prophecy of Fatima About to be Fulfilled?

by Fr Peter Chimombe · March 1, 2022

Fatima Shrine, and inset top, the 3 seers of Fatima

Is the word headed to a third world war, and the fulfilment of a prophecy of Fatima? Fr Peter Chimombe contemplates the world after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Recent events of our times remind us of the Fatima prophecy. On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, triggering fears of a third world war. The biggest army on the planet rolled its war machine on a neighbouring country, with civilians among the casualties. Three days after the invasion, Putin put his nuclear team on high alert.

His ambition seems to be the recreation of the former Soviet empire and world dominance. It is estimated that over seven million civilians will be displaced as refugees if the war doesn’t end soon. However, the European Union has imposed crippling economic sanctions on Kremlin and all the Russian oligarchs who are bank-rolling Putin’s war. Sports associations have suspended Russian teams and athletes from international sporting competitions. The United Nations secretary-general also pleaded with Putin “in the name of humanity” to stop this unprovoked war. This war has united almost the entire world against a tyrant.

All these draconian measures may put Putin in a corner. It might defeat him, or he might press the nuclear button — and entire populations will be annihilated from the face of the earth.

How close are we to the next “great war”, a World War III, which will usher in a godless empire as revealed in the third secret of Fatima? Is Putin the antichrist referred to in 1 Thessalonians 2:8-12, whose aim is to establish a new world order and spread the errors of Russia as foretold by Our Lady of Fatima?

Pope Francis has called for a day of fasting and prayer on March 2, Ash Wednesday, for peace to prevail in Eastern Europe and the whole world.

In the Bible, the prophet Isaiah foresaw a world where people will beat their swords into ploughshares, where a lamb will graze with a wolf under the watchful care of a child. Mary Mother of Peace, pray for us.