Fatima from the Beginning

17th Edition

“I thought that there was little or nothing further to be said about Fatima. But here comes a priest, who, by questioning the contemporaries of the apparitions, and interrogating the very air, the stones, the wells, the holmoaks, the goats and even the wolves of the Serra de Aire, by gathering up every sound and giving life to dead leaves fallen on the ground, by linking and binding together all the scattered pieces, gives us the complete panorama of the greatest event of our century.

Fatima is, in the course of history, the beginning of a new era.

And I, for my part, express my thanks to Father De Marchi, congratulating him on being numbered among the greatest Fatima writers.”

John Evangelist, former Bishop of Aveiro, Portugal.

The author of this book, Fr. John De Marchi, was born in Italy in 1914. He belongs to that group of talented personages possessing charismatic gifts, outstanding for his apostolic zeal and the multiplicity of his achievements. This book about the happenings at Fatima is a classic example of his exceptional work. Sent to Portugal, when the second world war was in progress, he fulfilled the mission entrusted to him, while at the same time, though alone, he ventured to write an account of Fatima which was to be different from others. He made a thorough investigation into the matter, conversed with Lucia, interviewed the witnesses, visited the places and acquainted himself with the intimate life of the people, so that his book merits to be classified as an authentic historical document.

272 pages.

ISBN 978-972-8265-12