A reader writes:
Can you recommend a good book on Fatima? I am looking for something with a little meat on it, less inclusive than a 10,000-page multi-volume set (if such a thing exists), but not too short or simplistic.
There are three works that I’d recommend:
- Fatima in Lucia’s Own Words
- Fatima in Lucia’s Own Words, vol. 2
- Calls from the Message of Fatima
- Encountering Mary by Sandra Zimdars-Swartz
The first three are all written by Sr. Lucia herself. The first two consist of her memoirs of the incident (there are several different memoirs, which overlap to a considerable degree). The third is the volume she wrote and released after the publication of the Third Secret.
The fourth book is a critical but balanced look at recent apparitions, including Fatima. It is a semi-scholarly work that tries to take an objective look at them, presenting both the evidence for and against them without drawing definite conclusions one way or the other.
For the Vatican’s take on Fatima (including basic information on what happened), read
Due to the poor quality of many books on Fatima (many of which contain copious amounts of material now known to be false) and other apparitions, I ask commenters to refrain from recommending additional works in the comments box.
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I have read parts of “Calls”, I own the book. Not thru it. I have the attn span of a gnat so its hard to get thru
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