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Philip Kosloski - published on 03/08/22
When visiting the shrine of Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal in 1982, St. John Paul II made a public act of consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, while also praying that humanity would be spared a potential nuclear war.
He composed a very specific litany to God, asking him and Our Lady of Fatima to spare the world from a disastrous global war.
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