Two psychologists from the University of Padua, Roberto Marino and Carlo Heinrich, said people in the quake zone suffered from psychological disorders, including loss of libido. The Vatican has lifted the veil on the 'last secret of Fatima', reports Richard Owen THE Vatican sought yesterday to reassure Italians over widespread fears that the continuing Umbrian earthquakes presage a pre-millennial disaster, and possibly the end of the world. The earthquakes, which have damaged priceless artworks in centres of Christianity such as Assisi and Spoleto, are regarded by some Italians as proof of dire forecasts allegedly contained in the writings of the 16th-century astrologer Nostradamus, and in prophecies linked to appearances by the Virgin Mary to three peasant children in Fatima, Portugal, in 1917. In the secretive world of the Roman Catholic hierarchy, it is highly unusual for a papal secretary to make disclosures. Of course more will die, but you don't need divine inspiration to see that.
Man is capable of anything, and there are a lot of atomic weapons around.
We have always had heresies and disputes. He did not open it until his confessor came five days later. It was not easy to understand. It was translated by Mgr Paolo Tavares, later Bishop of Macao. When Paul VI became Pope in 1963, he asked the Holy Office for the Fatima letter, and panic ensued when it could not be found.