Why do I hold Russia in my heart? Why do I ask for a consecration of Russia to my Immaculate Heart? Why do I single out that country, which spreads from East to West, and is composed of so many peoples?

When I first mentioned my request to the children of Fatima, Russia was in the ascendency. It was not ascending to holiness but to power through a demonic strategy. What was hidden on this day (94 years ago when the miracle of the sun took place) soon became manifest to all. A demonic power called “Communism” was about to commandeer an entire nation and use that nation to attempt to build a world-wide empire dedicated to Communistic principles. Russia was not Communistic. Its people were believers in my Son. However, this demonic evil chose to attach itself to this nation and to use it as its instrument. The harm that resulted, the millions who were killed and the millions who were enslaved by Communism’s spread is known to all. In the year dedicated to me by Pope John Paul II (1987 – 1988) Communism began to be toppled. Yes, the external walls were removed. The system was dismantled and new freedoms and structures arose. But the demonic has not been cast out. The peoples’ hearts have not been set free. The darkness still remains at the center. I do not have a purified Russia. The evil still lingers. The demonic is still in its blood. Russia does not belong to me.

So, I must stress this again. I want the Holy Father to consecrate Russia, in union with all the bishops of the world, to my Immaculate Heart. Then Russia will be truly mine and I will begin to work signs and wonders. Both the West and the East will see what I am doing. Everything will go forth and all will begin. This will be the first act in the new drama.