When you read this, it will be old news. On Friday March 25, Pope Francis consecrated Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. In her apparitions at Fatima in 1917 she requested that this be done. In the late 1980s Pope John-Paul did this but not publicly and he did not request that the bishops join him. This was also part of Mary’s request. Pope Francis has done this publicly and has requested that all bishops join him. The Blessed Virgin said back in 1917, said that if this wasn’t done the “errors of Russia would spread all around the world. Well, the consecration did not happen, and the errors did spread. It is very present right here in our own nation. A world view of life without God has slowly crept into every aspect of our culture, primarily in education, media, entertainment and yes, the Church. The movement to neutralize gender and erase male and female distinctions comes right out of socialism/communism. Although it’s a hundred years late, it has now been done. Let us continue to offer up our prayers. The movements of God are always slow, but they are never late. Yours in Christ our Lord, Fr. Sid.