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Exposing Socialism:

T H E “E R R O R S O F

Our Lady of Fatima forewarned that Russia will

spread its errors throughout the world.

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ately, America Needs Fatima members have asked me to do some-
thing to alert the American public, especially Catholics, to the
growing Socialist and Communist threats to our beloved nation.

These requests are entirely understandable for three reasons:

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At Fatima, Our Lady warned that unless mankind converted and
did penance, Russia would spread its errors, namely Socialism
and Communism, throughout the world causing terrible suffer-
ings and persecutions of the Church;

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Since that conversion has not happened, Our Lady’s prophecy
that Russia would spread its errors is unfolding before our very
eyes, with all the tragic consequences that this entails and

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God blessed the United States with abundant spiritual goods and
material prosperity. In gratitude, we, as a nation, must oppose the
Socialist and Communist trends that threaten to destroy us, and
convert, as Our Lady requested.

To fulfill the requests of our dear America Needs Fatima members,

whom I hold in high esteem, to denounce the spreading of the errors
of Russia, I turned to my friend and associate Mr. Luiz Solimeo for
help.

I asked him to write a short, concise description of the Socialist and

Communist threats in the Fatima perspective.

He graciously complied and wrote Exposing Socialism: the “Errors

of Russia,” which you now hold in your hands.

You should find this booklet a great aid when time comes to explain

the Socialist and Communist threats to friends and family, and why we
must oppose them.

With Our Lady’s help and guidance, I intend to distribute copies of

this booklet to 128,000 Americans immediately. Ultimately, I would
like to reach millions in the United States and the world by using the
latest in technology to spread this message online and in hardcopy.

Please pray for this intention, especially that we can reach and

engage key people who have the means and ability to echo Our Lady’s
urgent and maternal warnings and request for conversion to
Americans.

With your ardent prayers and sacrifices for this new campaign’s

success, this humble booklet may be an effective tool to help turn back
the Socialist and Communist trends that are undermining America,
and help bring about the glorious days that Our Lady foretold at
Fatima when she promised,

“Finally, My Immaculate Heart will triumph!”

Foreword

Robert E. Ritchie

Director of America Needs Fatima

I. The importance of the

Fatima Message

Because of their great importance, Our Lady’s apparitions to the

three little shepherds at Fatima in 1917 remain central to the devel-
opment of world events today. Indeed, as Pope Benedict XVI noted,
“the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima, with their powerful call to
conversion and penance, are without doubt the most prophetic of all
modern apparitions.”

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Divine Confirmation of the Apparitions

An event of this nature is considered significant based on the impor-
tance of the person involved and when its authenticity is proven
beyond a doubt. In the case of the Fatima apparitions, the leading per-
son is the most exalted creature of all, the Mother of God; and God
Himself authenticated the apparitions with the miracle of the sun, an
event of biblical proportions.

The Stupendous Miracle of the Sun

Journalist Avelino de Almeida, an avowed atheist, described the events at
Cova da Iria in an article titled, “Amazing! How the Sun Danced in Fatima
at Noon.” The following is an excerpt of the article published in the anti-
clerical Lisbon newspaper, O Século, on October 15, 1917:

From beside the parked carriages where many thousands
stood, afraid to descend into the muddy soil of the Cova da Iria,
we saw the immense crowd turn toward the sun at its highest,
free of all clouds. The sun seemed to us like a plate of dull sil-
ver. It could be seen without the least effort. It did not blind or
burn. It seemed as though an eclipse were taking place. All of a
sudden, a tremendous shout burst forth, “Miracle, miracle!”
Before the astonished eyes of the people—whose attitude car-
ried us back to biblical times, and who, white with terror, with
heads uncovered, gazed at the sun that trembled and made
brusque and unheard of movements beyond all cosmic laws—
the sun seemed literally to dance in the sky.

An unprecedented miracle, such as that of the “dancing of the sun,”

was meant to confirm a likewise unprecedented message from God.
Thus, we should look at Fatima as the message of heaven for our times
par excellence.

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Address at Regina Cæli, square in front of the Shrine of Aparecida, Brazil, May 13, 2007
(emphasis added).

Mary Most Holy Offered a Solution for Present Evils

Indeed, the evils this message denounced are ongoing. Likewise, the
solution indicated remains fully applicable to our days.

What are these evils and their respective solution?
Mary Most Holy came to remind a world steeped in apostasy of the

gravity of sin and its consequences, the punishment of hell for unre-
pentant sinners and the chastisement of the world for offending God.

To forestall the damnation of so many souls and God’s chastise-

ment, the Blessed Mother offered as a solution the devotion to her
Immaculate Heart, and requested the daily recitation of the Rosary,
the Communion of Reparation on the First Saturdays for five consec-
utive months, and Russia’s consecration to her Immaculate Heart.

II. The Words of the

Mother of God

Here are the Blessed Mother’s own words at Fatima, warning the

world about the need for conversion and the coming chastisements if
that conversion did not occur:

“You have seen hell, where the souls of poor sinners go; in
order to save them, God wants to establish devotion to my
Immaculate Heart in the world. If they do what I tell you,
many souls will be saved and there will be peace. The war will
come to an end. But if they do not stop offending God, in the
reign of Pius XI a worse war will begin. When you see a night
illuminated by an unknown light, know that it is the great
sign that God gives you that He will punish the world for its
crimes by means of war, hunger and persecutions against the
Church and the Holy Father.

“To prevent it I will come to ask the consecration of Russia to
my Immaculate Heart and the Communion of Reparation on
the First Saturdays. If my requests are fulfilled, Russia will
convert and there will be peace; if not, she will spread her
errors throughout the world, promoting wars and persecu-
tions of the Church. The good will be martyred, the Holy
Father will have much to suffer and many nations will be
annihilated. Finally, my Immaculate Heart will triumph. The
Holy Father will consecrate Russia to me, she will convert and
the world will be given some time of peace. In Portugal the
dogma of the Faith will be always preserved, etc.”

Thus, in her message, the Blessed Virgin warned that, if her requests

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went unheeded, World War II would break out and Communism would
spread its errors throughout the world, provoking wars and persecu-
tions of the Church. Finally, she promised divine forgiveness and the tri-
umph of her Immaculate Heart, which would be followed by Russia’s
consecration and conversion.

It is painfully obvious that her requests were not heeded in time.

World War II broke out, and the errors of Russia spread throughout
the world, not only with the implementation of Communist regimes in
many countries of Europe, Asia and Central America, but equally
through the spread of doctrines and customs that are consistently
leading the world to abandon natural law and the Christian order. The
legalization of homosexual “marriage,” abortion and euthanasia are
but a few of these manifestations.

Therefore, though the power of Communism has waned in its political

form, its cultural aspects are now at their zenith. In fact, divorce, free love
and immodesty find their philosophical systematization and political
support in Socialism, which is a lesser form of Communism.

Unbridled sensuality and unrestrained pride are the driving forces

of Socialism. These two vices demolish all barriers and restraints keep-
ing human behavior and thought in accordance with God’s law and
His established order.

Accordingly, we must admit that we are still within a phase of th

chastisement foretold at Fatima and must strive to advance toward
that which Our Lady promised: the triumph of her Immaculate Heart.

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Professor Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira

Summarizes Our Lady’s Message:

On the whole, the Fatima apparitions instruct us about the

terrible gravity of the world situation and about the true caus-
es of our evils, as well as teach us the means by which we must
avoid the earthly and eternal punishments that await us. To
people in antiquity, God sent the prophets. In our days, He
spoke to us through the Queen of Prophets herself. Having
thus studied what Our Lady said, what can we say?

The only suitable words are those of Our Lord in the

Gospel, “If any man has ears to hear, let him hear” (Mark 4:23).

Catolicismo Nº 30–June 1953

III. The Socialist/Communist

Ideology

“Russia . . . will spread its errors throughout the world, promoting

wars and persecutions of the Church. . . . ”

What were the errors that the Virgin predicted Russia would

spread? It is Communism, a totalitarian sociopolitical and economic
regime inspired by an atheistic and egalitarian doctrine opposed not
only to the idea of Christian civilization but to the natural law as well.

When speaking about the “errors of Russia,” the Mother of God does

more than just refer to a despotic and cruel socioeconomic regime cre-
ated by an ideology. She refers directly to that ideology, the philosoph-
ical principles that sustain it, which became widespread in a broad but
subtle manner: the Communist doctrine.

From the ideological standpoint, there is no substantial difference

between Communism and Socialism. In fact, Communist Soviet Union
called itself the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991) and
Communist China, Cuba and Vietnam define themselves as socialists.

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Although Socialism can be applied in various degrees (so that, in prac-

tice, there can be a difference between an incomplete application of social-
ism and full-blown communism, which is socialism taken to its ultimate
consequences), here we will deal only with the ideology itself and will
therefore employ the terms “Socialism” or “Communism” to designate it.

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China’s constitution establishes: “Article 1. The People’s Republic of China is a socialist
state under the people’s democratic dictatorship led by the working class and based on the
alliance of workers and peasants. The socialist system is the basic system of the People’s
Republic of China. Sabotage of the socialist system by any organization or individual is
prohibited.” Constitution of the People’s Republic of China , http://english.people.com.cn/
constitution/constitution.html). Likewise, the constitution of Communist Cuba states:
“Article 5.- The Communist Party of Cuba, Martian and Marxist-Leninist, organized van-
guard of the Cuban nation, is the superior directing force of society and of the State, which
organizes and orients common efforts toward the high ends of the construction of social-
ism and the advance towards the communist society.” (CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUB-
LIC OF CUBA, at http://www.cuba.cu/gobierno/ cuba.html). Vietnam’s 1992 constitution
establishes : “Article 1. The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is an independent and sovereign
country enjoying unity and territorial integrity, including its mainland, Islands territorial
waters and air space. . . . Article 4. The Communist Party of Vietnam, the vanguard of the
Vietnamese working class, the faithful representative of the rights and interests of the
working class, the toiling people, and the whole nation, acting upon the Marxist-Leninist
doctrine and Ho Chi Minh’s thought, is the force leading the State and society.” Socialist
Republic of Vietnam—The Government Web Site, http://www.chinhphu.vn/
portal/page?_pageid=439, 1096045&_dad=portal&_schema =PORTAL).

IV. An Un-natural Ideology

Socialism is a utopian ideology that attempts to eliminate human

selfishness by destroying individual freedom, private property and free
enterprise. Socialists believe they can eliminate injustice by transferring
responsibilities from individuals and families to the State. However,
their efforts are tantamount to killing the patient to cure his illness.

By suppressing individual responsibility, Socialism creates the great-

est possible injustice because it destroys true liberty, which is every
man’s freedom to decide for himself all matters that lie within his com-
petence, to follow the course shown by his own reason, and to keep
within the laws of morality and the dictates of justice and charity.

Socialism is un-natural because it destroys man’s initiative—a fruit of

his intellect and free will—which tends to manifest itself in everything he
does. When the State replaces individual initiative, Socialism’s totalitari-
an aspect enters with the inherent appearance of government and police
repression that has been seen abundantly wherever it is implemented.

Persecution through the tax system, as is usual in so-called moderate

Socialist regimes, such as social democracy, is as unjust as police perse-
cution since both attack man’s intelligent and free nature.

Catholic Social Doctrine Is Opposed to
Socialism and Communism

In America, the State has been absorbing society more and more,
usurping the attributions of the family and of civic, cultural, religious
and worker organizations and charitable institutions—the intermedi-
ate bodies between the individual and the State that constitute the liv-
ing fabric of the nation.

In this way, the principle of solidarity and the principle of subsidiar-

ity—two pillars of Christian social order—end up by being weakened
by the principle of authority. Indeed, the principle of solidarity, derived
from the common nature of men, leads them to be solidary among
themselves and to help one another. It is in the family that this princi-
ple of solidarity attaints the maximum of its force; for its part, the prin-
ciple of subsidiarity, stemming from the fact that man is not only a
social being but also a rational and free and responsible being, guaran-
tees every individual the right to resolve his own problems by himself
or through his family or other intermediate associations without being
obliged to appeal to higher authorities or await solutions from above.
In turn, the principle of authority affirms the need for a moral force in
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members for the common good of the social body.

Thus, the principle of authority is fundamental for social life but it

may not ignore or destroy the principles of solidarity and subsidiarity,
of which it is a complement. Without equilibrium among these three
fundamental principles, society goes into disarray and easily slides
into totalitarianism, understood as a regime that respects no individ-
ual rights and freedoms or takes them into account.

Pope Pius XI writes:

“The supreme authority of the State ought, therefore, to let
subordinate groups handle matters and concerns of lesser
importance, which would otherwise dissipate its efforts great-
ly. Thereby the State will more freely, powerfully, and effective-
ly do all those things that belong to it alone because it alone
can do them: directing, watching, urging, restraining, as occa-
sion requires and necessity demands. Therefore, those in
power should be sure that the more perfectly a graduated order
is kept among the various associations, in observance of the
principle of ‘subsidiary function,’ the stronger social authority
and effectiveness will be the happier and more prosperous the
condition of the State.”

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Pope Benedict XVI confirms the same principles:

“The State which would provide everything, absorbing every-
thing into itself, would ultimately become a mere bureaucracy
incapable of guaranteeing the very thing which the suffering
person—every person—needs: namely, loving personal con-
cern. We do not need a State which regulates and controls
everything, but a State which, in accordance with the principle
of subsidiarity, generously acknowledges and supports initia-
tives arising from the different social forces and combines
spontaneity with closeness to those in need. . . . In the end, the
claim that just social structures would make works of charity
superfluous masks a materialist conception of man: the mis-
taken notion that man can live ‘by bread alone’ (Mt 4:4; cf. Dt
8:3)—a conviction that demeans man and ultimately disregards
all that is specifically human.”

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Undue State intervention in matters of individual competence,

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Pope Pius XI, Encyclical Quadragesimo Anno, May 1931, n. 80, http://www.vatican.va
/holy_father/pius_xi/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xi_enc_19310515_quadragesimoanno
_en.html.

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Pope Benedict XVI, Encyclical Deus Caritas Est, December 25, 2005, n. 28, at
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/encyclicals/documents/hf_ben-
xvi_enc_20051225_deus-caritas-est_en.html.

family competence or the competence of intermediate institutions
inexorably leads to State totalitarianism; in other words, to Socialism.

Pope Pius XI affirms forcefully that Catholicism and Socialism are

contradictory terms:

“Society, therefore, as Socialism conceives it, can on the one

hand neither exist nor be thought of without an obviously
excessive use of force; on the other hand, it fosters a liberty no
less false, since there is no place in it for true social authority,
which rests not on temporal and material advantages but
descends from God alone, the Creator and last end of all things.

“If Socialism, like all errors, contains some truth (which,

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The Robin Hood Syndrome

Modern socialists adopt the motto of Robin Hood and the

merry men of Sherwood Forest: “stealing from the rich to
give to the poor.” They call this income redistribution; and at
least in an initial phase, they do it not with the bows and
arrows of medieval brigands, but through abusive taxes.

Contrary to what today’s Robin Hood imitators appear to

believe, the purpose of taxation is not “stealing from the rich
to give to the poor,” a means to “redistribute” income.
Taxation should not become punishment for those who have
taken greater advantage of their productive talents, capacity
to work or thrift; nor should it be an instrument to promote
social egalitarianism (the socialists’ dream).

The proper purpose of taxes is to fund the State’s specific

responsibilities, which are to maintain peace, social harmo-
ny and to ensure the nation’s defense, thus promoting the
common good and general prosperity. As Pope Pius XII
teaches, “There can be no doubt concerning the duty of each
citizen to bear a part of the public expense. But the State on
its part, insofar as it is charged with protecting and promot-
ing the common good of its citizens, is under an obligation
to assess upon them only necessary levies, which are, fur-
thermore, proportionate to their means.”

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Pope Pius XII, Speech of October 4, 1956, in “Taxation and Moral Obligation,” New Catholic
Encyclopedia (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co.), Vol. XIII, p. 950.

moreover, the Supreme Pontiffs have never denied), it is based
nevertheless on a theory of human society peculiar to itself
and irreconcilable with true Christianity. Religious Socialism,
Christian Socialism, are contradictory terms; no one can be at
the same time a good Catholic and a true socialist.”

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V. Communism,

a satanic scourge

In his March 19, 1937 Encyclical Divini Redemptoris, Pope Pius XI

underlines the satanic character of Communism and its desire to
destroy Christian civilization:

We wish to expose once more in a brief synthesis the principles
of atheistic Communism as they are manifested chiefly in bol-
shevism. We wish also to indicate its method of action and to
contrast with its false principles the clear doctrine of the
Church, in order to inculcate anew and with greater insistence
the means by which Christian civilization, the true civitas
humana, can be saved from the satanic scourge, and not merely
saved, but better developed for the well-being of human society.

Here is a summary of the Communist doctrine according to that

Encyclical:

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Evolutionist materialism—Communist doctrine is founded on
the principles of the so-called dialectic materialism taught by
Karl Marx. This doctrine proclaims the existence of only one
universal reality formed by blind and hidden forces, which
through natural evolution is transformed into plants, animals
and men. By the same token, they claim, human society is noth-
ing but an appearance or form of matter, which gradually evolves
and, through an inexorable need and a perpetual conflict of
forces, tends to a final synthesis: a classless society.

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Pius XI, Encyclical Quadragesimo Anno, May, 1931, nos. 119-120, http://www.vatican.va/
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Thus, it is easy to understand Karl Marx’s satisfaction on reading Darwin’s book The
Origin of Species. In a letter of January 16, 1861 to socialist leader Ferdinand Lassale, Marx
wrote: “Darwin’s work is most important and suits my purpose in that it provides a basis
in natural science for the historical class struggle. One does, of course, have to put up with
the clumsy English style of argument. Despite all shortcomings, it is here that, for the first
time, ‘teleology’ in natural science is not only dealt a mortal blow but its rational meaning
is empirically explained.” (Marx-Engels Correspondence 1861, Marx to Ferdinand Lassalle,
http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/ works/1861/letters/61_01_16.html.

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Atheism—This system has no place for the very idea of God; there
is no difference at all between spirit and matter, soul and body; the
soul does not survive after death, nor is there any life after this one.

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Class struggle—The Communists, insisting on the dialectic mate-
rialism, maintain that men are able to hasten the conflict that
will lead to the final synthesis. This is why they strive to promote
class struggle by exacerbating antagonisms among social classes.

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Depriving man of his liberty and dignity—Communism strips
man of his liberty and deprives him of his dignity, removing all
restraints designed to help him resist the impulses of blind
instinct. According to Communist theory, man is nothing but a
cog in a wheel, and therefore Communists deny man’s natural
rights attributing those rights to the collective.

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Absolute equality—The Communists advocate absolute equality
and reject all hierarchy and authority coming from God, even
that of parents, claiming that all authority and subordination
are derived from society.

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Negation of the right of private property—Communism denies
man’s right to ownership of natural goods or of the means of pro-
duction; since the latter produce other goods, their owner will be
in a position of domination over others. For this reason, they claim
that the right of private property must be totally eliminated.

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Rejection of the sacred character of human life and of the fami-
ly—Communist doctrine denies the sacred character of human
life and claims that matrimony and the family are mere fruits of
the capitalist system. It consequently denies the indissoluble
bonds of marriage.

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Robbing parents of the right to educate their children—Even
more, children are taken away from their homes to be cared for
by the collective, that is, the State. Parents are thus robbed of
their natural right to educate their children, which the
Communists see as an exclusive right of the community that can
only be exercised in its name.

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Negation of the law and perennial morals—According to this
doctrine, morals and the juridical order stem from the econom-
ic system; as a consequence, they are transient and changeable
earthly values.

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The utopian ideal of a classless society with the abolition of the
State—Once their utopian ideal of a classless society is attained,
the State will lose its reason for being and will be dissolved.
Nevertheless, as long as that golden age is not reached,

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Communists will employ government and the public authority
as the most effective instrument to attain their goal.

Pope Pius XI concludes:

“Such, Venerable Brethren, is the new gospel which
Bolshevistic and atheistic communism offers the world as the
glad tidings of deliverance and salvation! It is a system full of
errors and sophisms. It is in opposition both to reason and to
Divine Revelation. It subverts the social order, because it
means the destruction of its foundations; because it ignores
the true origin and purpose of the State; because it denies the
rights, dignity and liberty of human personality.

What have been the fruits of this doctrine’s dissemination?

VI. Communist Regimes:

Terror and Atrocities

The same year Our Lady appeared at Fatima, a band of Communist

revolutionaries led by Lenin and Trotsky violently seized power in Russia
with the complicity of “moderates” like socialist Alexander Kerensky.

Czar Nicholas II was forced to abdicate and was arrested with his

wife, Empress Alexandra, and five children. They were all murdered.

A long era of terror and injustice descended upon all countries

dominated by Communism.

Joseph Stalin, Soviet dictator from 1924 until his death in 1953,

became the symbol of Communist cruelty. He was responsible for mil-
lions of deaths.

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Since people everywhere have rejected Communism, its fanatic

promoters have resorted to fraud, tricks and violence to impose it.
Dictatorship has been a means to maintain unwilling populations
submissive to that unnatural and egalitarian system.

In Spain, after the fall of the monarchy in 1931, and especially during

the Civil War (1936–1939), the Communists perpetrated unspeakable
atrocities against the Church: 11 bishops, more than 6,000 priests,
countless numbers of religious and laity were killed in the cruelest ways.

In China, cruelty went hand-in-hand with propaganda and indoctri-

nation. Mao Zedong embodied the very model of Communist cynicism

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About 20 million deaths are attributed to him, including over 14.5 million from hunger in
the period 1932–1934 of the collectivization of agriculture, especially in Ukraine. At least
one million people were executed for political transgressions. To these are added 9.5 mil-
lion who were deported or locked up in labor camps, more than 5 million of whom never
returned alive from the gulags. Others put the number of deportees at 28 million, of which
18 million were shipped to the gulags.

that deceives the naïve and credulous. In spite of his easygoing looks, he
was responsible for the extermination of millions of innocent people.

In 1950, Communist China, through the puppet government in

North Korea, invaded South Korea. Representing the United Nations,
American troops were sent to defend that country against the
Communists in the Korean War (1950–1954).

In 1959, Communist guerrilla warfare led Fidel Castro to power;

Cubans have been subjected to terror and misery ever since.

The Vietnam War was fought to prevent Vietnam from falling

under Communism. Political influences, however, prevented the
United States Armed Forces from winning; a peace treaty was imposed
and the country was abandoned to Communism.

Communism spread to neighboring Cambodia, where it dis-

played all its horror. A large part of the population was massacred
systematically to erase any remaining vestige of social, economic or
intellectual inequality.

VII. Is Communism Dead?

After the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union,

many thought that Communism was dead. Is Communism really dead?

Officially, Russia and its former European satellites have rid them-

selves of Communism. Nevertheless, the KGB, the political security
police of the Communist regime, has been given a new name but
remains in place. And many of the new Russian leaders, including
Vladimir Putin, come from the cadres of the KGB.

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One should also bear in mind that Communist regimes remain

active in China, Cuba, Laos, North Korea and Vietnam under the one-
party system. Furthermore, President Vladimir Voronin of Moldova is
a member of the Moldovan Communist Party, though Moldova does
not have a one-party system.

The Castro regime continues to oppress Cubans and to promote

guerrilla warfare in Central and South America. The FARC
Communist guerrillas and other organizations have drenched
Colombia with blood for nearly 50 years; and Venezuelan dema-
gogue, Hugo Chávez, is the most faithful disciple of Fidel Castro in
the area and is increasingly making his dictatorial regime like his
mentor’s in Cuba.

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Cf. Yegenia Albats, KGB State within a State, (London: I.B. Tauris Publishers, 1995); Edward
Lucas, The New Cold War – Putin’s Russia and the Threat to the West (New York: Palgrave
Macmillan, 2008).

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Moreover, Communist parties or their successors continue to be

politically important in many European, African, Asian and Latin
American countries.

VIII. The “Errors of Russia”

Are More Active Than Ever

Furthermore, even ignoring the Communist regimes and political

parties, whatever their names may be, as well as the guerrillas and
other revolutionary forces fighting to seize power, we see the whole
world moving almost imperceptibly toward Communism through the
application of Communist principles:

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In schools, students are taught the doctrine of evolution as sci-
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The presence of monuments to the Ten Commandments and the
invocation of God are forbidden in classrooms and public places.

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A climate of “class struggle” permeates relationships between
employers and employees, professors and students, parents and
children and so on, as well as between rich and poor nations.

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Today’s society deprives man of his individuality; a real dictator-
ship of the media and of powerful lobbies imposes the adoption
of “politically correct” behavior and inhibits any reaction
against unbridled permissiveness.

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Forces imbued with an egalitarian metaphysics seek to eliminate
any inequality, be it in the family, society or the Church.

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The right of property is being eliminated progressively by an
ever-growing tax burden.

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Laws equating homosexual unions with marriage, and promot-
ing abortion and euthanasia are approved everywhere.

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The ever-growing State interference in children’s education ends
up by depriving parents of the right of raising their children
according to their own values.

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Moral relativism in fashions, cinema and television is widespread.

Thus, one can say that the “errors of Russia” today are more wide-

spread than ever.

IX. Conclusion

“Finally, My Immaculate Heart will triumph!”

While some of the chastisements announced at Fatima have

already been fulfilled, others are still to come. Yet, however painful

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and gloomy the outlook may be, we should not become discour-
aged, but rather take heart, as we are animated by the confidence
of victory.

Confidence in Our Lady

Saint Thomas Aquinas explains that “confidence” (fiducia) takes its
name from “faith” (fides). It is a hope fortified by the faith that we have
in someone’s help. That faith will be all the greater the more powerful
that person is and the greater the friendship, love and compassion
that person has for us.

When that person is the Mother of God and our Mother, we have

the very best reason in the world to confide in her, since she is
totally united with God and loves us enormously. Furthermore, the
Blessed Mother announced that, after the chastisements that
would come as a consequence of the rejection of her requests and
the lack of conversion of mankind, her Immaculate Heart would
triumph.

The certainty of the triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, of

the conversion of Russia, and of the time of peace that will come after
the succession of punishments in which we are still immersed, should
encourage us in the highest degree and inspire us to do our part in the
struggle for that promised triumph.

A Necessary Collaboration

As Professor Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira, founder of the Brazilian TFP
and a great Fatima apostle, emphasized, nothing in the message
given to the little shepherds would run contrary to the idea of our
participating in the struggle for the triumph of the Immaculate
Heart of Mary.

It is in the plans of Divine Providence that men should participate

in the struggle for historical transformations and serve as instru-
ments, though imperfect, for the action of divine grace.

The Appeal Is Also Addressed to Us

The appeal for prayer and penance made to the little shepherds near-
ly a century ago still resounds today, because, through them, it is
equally addressed to us.

The struggle can be an excellent form of prayer and penance, when

engaged in for the love of God.

To oppose today’s neo-pagan ambience; combat the errors, at times

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subtle, that are spread by every means; and to face the risk of being
disliked for not following fashions, both in dressing and thinking, is
often much more difficult than fasting or spending a night in prayer.

By the way, one thing does not exclude the other: To pray in public,

thus combating human respect and proclaiming the Faith, is one of
the most excellent forms of penance nowadays.

Yes, penance and prayer for the conversion of sinners is what the

Blessed Mother is asking of us. However, she expects us to do even
more: To combat the “errors of Russia” that continue to fester right
before our eyes destroying families, corrupting our youth and blas-
pheming God.

Let us do our part, confiding in the fulfillment of her promise,

“Finally, my Immaculate Heart will triumph!”

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Fatima and the Cultural Wars

We are in the middle of an unprecedented cultural war in

which an aggressive and ideological secularism aims to
destroy all that is Christian in our culture and institutions.
Through judicial activism, orchestrated media campaigns
and the entertainment industry, all our basic Christian val-
ues are contested, ridiculed, disdained, blasphemed, ruined
and destroyed.

Never have there been so many insults against our

Blessed Mother on the pretext of “freedom” of expression in
art and literature.

To continue fighting for our Faith and our Christian iden-

tity, we must become ever more aware of the evils pointed
out in Fatima: sin and its consequences, hell, and the chas-
tisement of nations.

Fatima Custodians and members of Tradition, Family, Property

(TFP), wearing the ceremonial TFP habit, carry the miraculous

International Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Our Lady of Fatima at the

annual 2009 March for Life in Washington, D.C. Members of

America Needs Fatima work unceasingly to spread the Fatima

message, inspired by Our Lady's magnificent promise at Fatima:

“Finally, my Immaculate Heart will triumph!”

America Needs Fatima

P.O. Box 341, Hanover, PA 17331

888-317-5571

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