What Does It Mean That Pope Francis Is "Consecrating Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary" on March 25?

Wasn't This Already Done By Pope Paul ll? What Did Fr. Malachi Martin Say About It?

Pélerine posted this extremely important text today. An outtake:

”There are now events set in motion that no matter or measure of material wealth i.e. economics can parry with: Pope Francis will extend his act of consecrating Russia to The Immaculate Heart of Mary beyond the Vatican and the previously mentioned Bishop of Fatima, to the entire Universal Church, all her Bishops and all Her priests at 5:00pm Rome time, 25 March 2022.

“This is the most significant religious event, scratch that, Catholic religious event in my adult life. Like it or not, it is the most significant in your life, too. Reader, can you fathom what is taking place here?”

—Mike Church

My question to Pélerine, Mike Church, and anybody else who may know: Is this Pope Francis seeking to prevent the prophecy of the Third Secret of Fatima? And is it the case that Pope John Paul ll did not consecrate Russia properly in 1984 due to Cold War tensions?

Two perspectives:

https://www.catholicnews.com/papal-consecration-of-russia-ukraine-has-history-of-controversy-behind-it/

An expert in this article says this:

Holy See: The Consecration of Russia has taken place

There have been a number of consecrations of both Russia and the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, made by different popes (including several by Pope Pius XII and St. John Paul II, and one by Pope Francis on Oct. 13, 2013). But according to Sr. Lucia of Fatima, the 1984 consecration by St. John Paul II satisfied the request Heaven made in 1929 for the consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart.

The Evidence

In the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith’s “The Message of Fatima,” released June 26, 2000, as part of the Holy See’s official publication and interpretation of the secret of Fatima, we read (emphasis added):

Sister Lucia personally confirmed that this solemn and universal act of consecration corresponded to what Our Lady wished (“Sim, està feita, tal como Nossa Senhora a pediu, desde o dia 25 de Março de 1984”: “Yes it has been done just as Our Lady asked, on 25 March 1984”: Letter of 8 November 1989). Hence any further discussion or request is without basis.

In Fatima for Today by world-renowned expert on Fatima Fr. Andrew Apostoli, CFR (Ignatius Press, 2010), pages 193-199 and in Appendix C, he lays out evidence that St. John Paul II understood the consecration requested by Our Lady to have taken place, in large part because Sr. Lucia confirmed it repeatedly in letters and to Fr. Luis Kondor, the vice-postulator for the causes of Sts. Jacinta and Francisco.

Father Michael Gaitley, MIC, follows this line in his The Second Greatest Story Ever Told (Marian Press, 2015), Chapter 8. Here’s his discussion of whether or not the 1984 consecration counted:

On March 25, 1984, in St. Peter’s Square, with a crowd of about 200,000 of the faithful, with numerous bishops and cardinals present, in union with all the bishops throughout the world, and before the Fatima Shrine statue of Our Lady, Pope John Paul II solemnly consecrated the world and Russia to Mary’s Immaculate Heart as had been requested by Our Lady of Fatima. However, unfortunately, because the Pope did not explicitly say “Russia” in his public prayer, choosing instead to use veiled references as Pius XII had done, some have argued that it did not count.

But it did count because the Pope clearly implied Russia when he said, “In a special way we entrust and consecrate to you those individuals and nations that particularly need to be thus entrusted and consecrated.” He clearly intended to consecrate Russia, as did the bishops, who undoubtedly understood the implication.

After the ceremony, when he was thanked for consecrating “the world,” John Paul himself added, “and Russia.” This point of including Russia was deeply meaningful to him, because his own home country, Poland, was still suffering behind the Iron Curtain. In fact, many have speculated that during the several pauses John Paul made while reciting the World Consecration and the Triumph consecration prayer, he was probably bringing this intention of his heart even more directly to Our Lady, namely, his prayer for the collapse of Soviet Communism.

Father Malachi Martin interview on Third Secret of Fatima - July 13, 1998 here the reason why this interview is almost disappeared:

Art Bell: All right, here we go. Just a couple of things I want to quickly read, one from a friend in Australia, Father who says, “I had a Jesuit priest tell me more of the Third Secret of Fatima years ago, in Perth. He said among other things, the last pope would be under control of Satan. Pope John fainted, thinking it might be him. We were interrupted before I could hear the rest.” Any comment on that?

Fr. Martin: Yes. It sounds as if they were reading or being told the text of the Third Secret.