TheD,
Fatima is a false apparition. I know you have raised the apparition to the level of a dogma in your mind, but there are several ways we know Fatima is a false apparition:
(1) It occurred during the reign of antipope Benedict XV, without the "lady" condemning the visionaries' communion with an antipope;
(2) The "angel" allegedly gave First Communion to two visionaries that had not yet received First Communion in the Catholic Church, thereby breaking Church discipline, something that a messenger of God would never, ever do;
(3) The "angel" allegedly gave the Precious Blood to two visionaries, thereby breaking Church discipline, something that a messenger of God would never, ever do;
(4) The prophesies about Russia's conversion, the era of peace, and Portugal never losing the Faith all never came true;
(5) The Blessed Mother doesn't come to give "secrets", but instead comes to publicly urge the Faithful to repentance;
and
(6) Sister Lucia is an apostate who claimed communion with the Vatican II church, a church that believes Allah will judge mankind.
I know, I know, many believe that I have blasphemed with this post because how dare I denounce Fatima, because isn't it a dogma that the Blessed Virgin appeared there? NO.
It's dogma that you can't be justified without sacramental water baptism. It's dogma that a heretic is not a Catholic, let alone a Catholic pope. It's dogma that you don't receive the sacraments from non-Catholic priests. These are dogmas. Fatima is NOT a dogma. Fatima was most certainly a trick of the devil designed to keep the gullible hoping in vain for a restoration of the Vatican. Sorry to break the news to you people, that spiritual and theological restoration of the Vatican buildings isn't about to happen any time soon, if at all.
This is the Great Apostasy that Our Lord spoke of when He said, "If the time had not been shortened there would be no flesh saved." So those who are so bold as to laugh at the few Catholics left in the word, you laugh to your own damnations.
The dogmas are clear. It is your pride that obscures things.