Our Lady came to Fatima to urge us to pray for sinners. She said that many souls go to Hell because they have no one to pray for them. Our Lady of Fatima further explained "... more souls go to Hell for sins of the flesh than for any other reason." Furthermore, if we do not pray enough, the Militant Atheists and their supporters, the Secular Humanists will continue to expand through various means, the war upon the unborn. In this they follow satan their father who is a "murderer and a liar from the beginning". We must, by our prayers and sacrifices convert these souls running headlong into eternal hell. Remember this battle to protect the unborn is above all a spiritual war for "it is not against flesh and blood but against principalities and powers that we fight". We must also use natural means to stop this war upon the children in their mother's womb.

The Religion revealed by God teaches that all human life is sacred. Secular humanism teaches that human life is trash. It is secular humanism which denies that: God alone, as our Creator, is the source of each person's life and that, therefore, no one has the right to kill innocent human beings no matter how small they are. The secular humanists and others deny that the power to procreate is a sacred trust given to each adult woman and man by God. They deny, that this power must be used according to God's unchangeable laws. In seeking to gratify their lusts today, such persons end up murdering their own children. We see how human humanism is without God. Secular humanism is not human at all. It is beastly diabolical. It is only by Grace obtained through prayer that people are able to control their wayward appetite for pleasure and use the sacred power of begetting new life responsibly. Our Lady at Fatima came to remind us of the necessity of prayer and the Sacraments and Devotion to the Immaculate Heart in order to preserve purity. It is only when the Catholic Church obeys the full Message of Fatima that this murderous war on little babies in our society will stop.

"Whatever you do to the least of My brethren you do unto Me." Matthew 25:40

Addressing doctors attending the Italian Pro-Life Movement Convention on October 12, 1985, the Pontiff reaffirms the Church's constant teaching on the Sanctity of Life.

Will You Stand Alongside Our Pope and Fight for Our Children's Lives — OR — Will You Stand Back and Allow this to Happen?

“Rescue those unjustly sentenced to death; don't stand back and let them die.” Proverbs 24:11 “Cursed be he that taketh gifts to slay an innocent person.” Deuteronomy 27:25

       It is auspicious to see united here for the promotion of the sacrosanct rights of mother and child not only professionals who are inspired by the ideals proclaimed by Divine revelation and always championed by the Church, but also those of a different cultural and ideological orientation. This shows how exalted, indeed unique and unrepeatable, is the value of life. All people, in fact, no matter what their cultural extraction, feel that this value is fundamental and that no one can deny it without betraying the very cause of man.

       However, this reflection becomes even more demanding and exacting for a person of the Bible, that is, for one who accepts the word of God as the norm of life in the light of the Church's Magisterium. According to Christian revelation, man is not the master of his own life, but receives the use of it; he is not its owner but its administrator, since God alone is the Lord of life. In this regard the Old Testament expresses itself in preemptory terms: "Of your blood, that is to say, of your life, I will demand an account," says the Lord. "I will demand an account of the life of man at the hand of man, at the hand of every one of his brothers. If someone sheds the blood of a man, his own blood will be shed by man. For in the image of God has God made man." (Gen. 9:5-6) A direct consequence of the Divine origin of life is the fact that it is not at one's free disposal, that it is untouchable, that it is sacred. "I, I alone am God and there is no other god like Me. It is I who bring death and restore life, it is I who wound and heal and there is no one who can escape My power." (Dt. 32:39; Job 12:10; 34:14) The entire person, body and soul, belongs to God, therefore He arises as the vindicator of every innocent life which is cut short. "You shall not cause the death of the innocent and the just, for I will not absolve the wicked man." (Ex. 20:13)

       Such sanctity of human life is clearly restated, always with different accents, in the New Testament. To the rich young man asking what are the chief commandments for "entering into life," Jesus responds by indicating "You shall not kill," as the first obligation (Mt. 19:18). Apostolic tradition, in obedience to this decisive norm, proposes the prohibition of homicide within the wider context of the commandment of love: "Do not owe anything to anyone except the debt of mutual love, for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the Law. In fact, 'you shall not commit adultery,' 'You shall not kill,' 'You shall not steal,' 'You shall not covet,' and any other precept is summed up in this word: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' Love does no harm to one's neighbor." (Rom. 13:8,10)

       Faithful to this biblical tradition, the Church has not ceased through the centuries to work with all the means at its disposal to defend human life at whatever moment in the existence of man and woman, in whatever situation they find themselves. The Second Vatican Council stated with particular vigor in this regard, "God, the Lord of life, has entrusted to men the sublime mission of protecting life; a mission which must be fulfilled in a humane manner. Consequently, human life must be protected with the greatest care from the moment of its conception." (Gaudium et Spes, n. 51)

       "Yes, if a man has the power to do good, it is sinful in him to leave it undone." - James 4:17

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