(1) The Prelude to Vatican II

The Prophetic Words of Pope Pius XII: "I am worried..."

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Mgr Eugenio Pacelli, before he was elevated to the papacy as Pope Pius XII, made this statement:

"I am worried by the Blessed Virgin’s messages to Lucy of Fatima. This persistance of Mary about the dangers which menace the Church is a divine warning against the suicide of altering the Faith, in Her Liturgy, Her theology and Her soul ... I hear all around me innovators who wish to dismantle the Sacred Chapel, destroy the Universal Flame of the Church, reject Her ornaments and make Her feel remorse for Her historical past."

His biographer, Mgr Roche, noted that at this moment in the conversation, as related by Count Galeazzi, his gaze, "seen through the lens of his glasses, became supernatural, and there emanated from his tall and slender body an irresistible mystical force". A Curial Cardinal present at this meeting objected. Pacelli replied firmly:

"A day will come when the civilised world will deny its God, when the Church will doubt as Peter doubted. She will be tempted to believe that man has become God. In our churches, Christians will search in vain for the red lamp where God awaits them..Like Mary Magdalen, weeping before the empty tomb, they will ask, "Where have they taken Him?"

Fr Kramer asks, "How did the future Pope Pius XII know these things?"

See e.g. "The Devil's Final Battle", Ed. & compiled by Fr P. Kramer, ISBN 0-9663046-5-9.

The First edition of the book is available online at

http://www.devilsfinalbattle.com/book/index.php

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