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The Message of Fatima
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The Message of Fatima is the official Vatican document, issued through the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, presenting the Catholic Church's own account and interpretation of the 1917 Marian apparitions at Fatima, Portugal, including the previously unpublished text of the so called third secret. As a primary institutional document it is the strongest possible source for what the Catholic Church itself formally states about Fatima, since it is the Church's own authoritative release rather than a later summary. The atlas holds it at the tier appropriate to a tradition's own primary account of its own claimed events rather than to independent historical verification, since the apparition itself is a matter of religious belief rather than an externally testable historical claim, and reads it here as the Church's own voice on the matter.
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Reliability Tier3
The Vatican's own official 2000 release of the third secret of Fatima with commentary, issued by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith; held at this tier as the tradition's own account of a claimed private revelation rather than a definitional doctrinal or governance text, though marked as a custodian source for what the Church itself has released and said about it. NotesThe Vatican's own 2000 publication of the third secret of Fatima and its commentary, released by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
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AuthorCongregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
PublisherLibreria Editrice Vaticana
Publication Year2000
URLhttps://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20000626_message-fatima_en.html
Source TypeTradition's own account
Custodian
Custodian SourceYes
Custodian BodyCongregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
Custodian BasisThe Holy See own publication and interpretation of a Marian apparition it recognises. Authoritative for the Church own position; it is not independent evidence that the events occurred.
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Associated With
This source names Portugal directly: "the 1917 Marian apparitions at Fatima, Portugal, including the previously unpublished text of the so called third secret."
Claims Backed By This Source (77 claims)
This source backs 77 claims across the atlas. As facts: 63 well-attested, 3 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 4 holds. Plus 7 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Figures, 33 claims: 30 well-attested, 3 general references.
- Sources, 12 claims: 11 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Articles, 11 claims: 11 well-attested.
- Prophecies, 11 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate, 2 holds, 1 general references.
- Religious Events, 5 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 1 general references.
- Sacred Sites, 3 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Miracles, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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