The Children of Fatima: Blessed Francisco & Blessed Jacinta Marto [Paperback]

Leo Madigan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 2003

Leo Madigan In 1917, two little children - one nine years old, the other seven - had a series of visions that changed the world. The blessed Virgin appeared to Francisco and Jacinta Marto and told them how sin was responsible for all the world's troubles. She also told them how devotion to her Immaculate Heart would bring the world back to God. Since then, millions have made pilgrimages to the site of the apparitions, and even non-Catholics are familiar with the story of Fatima. Yet, surprisingly, there's never before been a full-length book on these two blessed children, who started a worldwide movement. Leo Madigan has devoted his life to Fatima, and he has access to documents that aren't available to the general public. Here you'll find the story of Francisco and Jacinta and the apparitions they saw, told in a way that brings out the vital importance of Fatima for today.

Product Details

• Paperback: 286 pages
• Publisher: Our Sunday Visitor (May 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1931709572
• ISBN-13: 978-1931709576
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,102,641 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Faithful & Factual, June 24, 2009

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A.R. - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Children of Fatima: Blessed Francisco & Blessed Jacinta Marto (Paperback)

I consider myself to be a bit of a Fatima expert, but never had I read a book which explained the apparitions in such a simple but resourcful way! This book is a treasure for any Fatima devotee and gives us insights into the lives of the seers that haven't been explored by others. I learned a consideral amount from reading this and it stands as one of my favourite books on the subject.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Frustrating and confusing, December 27, 2009

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This review is from: The Children of Fatima: Blessed Francisco & Blessed Jacinta Marto (Paperback)

It was more like a personal critique by the author of the Fatima apparitions. Very detailed, very personal analysis of Fatima (there were times I wasn't even sure if the author believed in Fatima). With added various rumors and odd sources included that I had not heard of before in any other Fatima book - which to me did NOT help but only made the book that much more confusing and convoluted.
For example the author will go on about something for a couple of pages and then end with `it is confusing, but of no particular importance' - I completely agree.

I really really tried to like this book. But I am sorry I wasted my time reading it, it just wasn't worth it.

My personal recommendations instead:

Our Lady of Fatima

Fatima: A Message More Urgent Than Ever

Blessed Jacinta Marto of Fatima

Venerable Francisco Marto of Fatima

A Woman Clothed with the Sun (Image Book)

Example from this book compared with others on Fatima:

By this author - pg 206:
`For those inclined to discredit the testimony of neighbors or those who considered their own intelligence above the mean level, the leading Lisbon newspaper (O Secula) carried extensive and objective coverage of the event October 15-19, including many photographs. The articles were written by a well-respected journalist, Avelino de Almeida, who, on the day of the October apparition, published an article deriding the superstition that could lead people to what he saw then as an elaborate piece of gimmickry.'

From book - pg 86 `Fatima: A Message More Urgent Than Ever' by Luiz Solimeo:
`Journalist Avelino de Almeida himself, who had previously written satirical articles in the anticlerical newspaper O Seculo, impressed with what he witnessed at Fatima wrote a very faithful report, though without accepting the event's supernatural character.'

From book - pg 48 - `More about Fatima' by Rev. Montes De Oca:
footnote: 'Avelino d'Almeida, director of `O Seculo,' has written that very morning in this newspaper the ironical article mentioned earlier. At noon he witnessed the solar podigy, at Cova da Iria, and that evening, while still under the influence of the morning's events, wrote the new article from which we have quoted some extracts. This article published in `O Seculo' of Monday, October 15th, created a sensation throughout the country, and drew on its author sharp reproaches from Free-thinkers, who did not pardon him for giving such publicity to the events of Fatima, and for supporting them with his authority.'
Pg 48 - part of the quote from his article: `....Before the astonished eyes of this crowd, whose attitude takes us back to Biblical times, and who, pale with fear and with heads bare, look at the azure sky, the sun trembles, the sun makes abrupt movements, never seen before, and outside all cosmic laws, the sun `begins to dance' as the peasants say.....'

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful!, June 13, 2010

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Rocco Bertone - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Children of Fatima: Blessed Francisco & Blessed Jacinta Marto (Paperback)

This book gives us a deeper look into the lives of the Fatima children and provides a few insights which I haven't seen in other related books. I am kind of picky when it comes to books about the Fatima apparitions, but this one is at the top of my list.

God Bless,
R. Bertone