I've long wondered if Our Lady's words at Fatima "In Portugal, The Dogma Of The Faith Will Always Be Preserved . . . etc" were conditional. As we never got the whole message, it's impossible to say, but it would make more sense if Our Lady said "In Portugal, The Dogma Of The Faith Will Always Be Preserved IF . . . (some condition requested by Our Lady were fulfilled)". If this is the case, the …More
I've long wondered if Our Lady's words at Fatima "In Portugal, The Dogma Of The Faith Will Always Be Preserved . . . etc" were conditional. As we never got the whole message, it's impossible to say, but it would make more sense if Our Lady said "In Portugal, The Dogma Of The Faith Will Always Be Preserved IF . . . (some condition requested by Our Lady were fulfilled)". If this is the case, the condition obviously hasn't been fulfilled because Portugal is no better than any other country, and in some cases, even worse.
Although on another issue, I was looking at a map of the world a while back which gave details of Islamic immigration, represented by a spectrum of shades of red - dark red denoting high rates of Islamic immigration, to very pale pink denoting low rates of Islamic immigration. It was very interesting to note that Portugal was very pale pink, denoting very low rates of Islamic immigration. When you saw Portugal's border outlined next door to Spain, which was a much deeper shade of red, the contrast couldn't have been greater. And also odd, given the proximity of the two countries and Portugal's Islamic history.
