Dear CathInfo,

Nevermind.  You got me.  My research does not agree with the Fatima Center.  They don't agree with Dr. Chojnowski's research either.  You all missed the point, except for one Polish bear.  Continue on.  Peace out.

There is a tendency for people to want to seem "smarter" than everyone else with little things like this.  It's almost a gnostic attitude where "I know something you don't know."  or "I know the REAL meaning of Fatima."

Yes, it's "the purity spiral" -- becoming more and more "pure" or "Trad" than your peers, until you're the last Catholic left on Earth, and you stay at home (a dogmatic Home Aloner) aloof from all Catholics and all groups, praying your own private/favorite prayers, wallowing in all your various opinions, and maybe a bit sad -- or not -- that no one in the world is smart but you.

It was Canon Manuel Formigao who introduced the erroneous version, having mistakenly assumed from the Portuguese word “alminhas” [little souls] that the prayer’s object was the poor souls in Purgatory. With good intentions, he was led by this error to rephrase the prayer to reflect that meaning. In his book Os Episódios Maravilhosos de Fátima, published in 1921, he gave this (as he later admitted) skewed report of his interview with Lucia:

Did you get that? Is there any reason to dispute it?

Yes, there is "a reason to dispute it."

In Portuguese language and culture, the word "alminhas" refers unequivocally to the "poor souls in purgatory." The word is a combination of "alma" [soul] and "-inha" (diminutive meaning "little" or "poor").

It is a colloquialism that only someone from Portugal would understand without an explanation. In that sense, it is similar to the words "redneck" or "yankee" in the USA, which refer to a distinction that only an American would understand.

The expression is very well-known in Portugal, as you can see in the secularist description on this Portuguese governmental website:

https://www-snpcultura-org.translate.goog/vol_alminhas.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp

There are "niches" all over Portugal called "Nichos de Alminhas do Purgatório." You can see and read about them here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alminhas

Yes, there is "a reason to dispute it."

In Portuguese language and culture, the word "alminhas" refers unequivocally to the "poor souls in purgatory." The word is a combination of "alma" [soul] and "-inha" (diminutive meaning "little" or "poor").

Angelus, are you Portuguese, per chance?
I am really surprised to read this - that 'alminhas' refers unequivocally to the poor souls in purgatory.
That it is a common expression for the souls in purgatory, there is no doubt, but unequivocal - are you absolutely sure?
In English we say the poor souls. But we also use that expression when referring to sinners on the path to Hell. I can think of one retreat master in particular who laments the lot of sinners "those poor poor souls".
If you are correct, what does that make of everything said by Frere Michel and James Hanisch? What does that make of the reported interviews with Sr Lucy that they mention? How do you resolve this?

What about the 1946 interview with Sister Lucia?

No one knows what Sister Lucia actually said in that interview. We only know what someone reported that she said. Prior to that "report," we had 30 years of evidence that the Portuguese word "alminhas" was in the original prayer.

All we need to do is determine the meaning of the word "alminhas" as a Portuguese child would have understood it at the time that Our Lady gave Lucia the prayer. That is an objective exercise. All Portuguese in 1917 would have understood to the word "alminhas" to mean one thing: "the poor souls in Purgatory."

If Our Lady had really meant to say "all souls," she could have said "todas as almas," rather than "alminhas." But that is not what Our Lady said to Lucia.

Knowing now where "the Church" was headed, it makes perfect sense that certain "reporters" would have falsified Sister Lucia's words to fit with their long-term plan for a more Ecuмenical Church. Purgatory is one of those doctrines that the Protestants will not accept.

No one knows what Sister Lucia actually said in that interview. We only know what someone reported that she said. Prior to that "report," we had 30 years of evidence that the Portuguese word "alminhas" was in the original prayer.

All we need to do is determine the meaning of the word "alminhas" as a Portuguese child would have understood it at the time that Our Lady gave Lucia the prayer. That is an objective exercise. All Portuguese in 1917 would have understood to the word "alminhas" to mean one thing: "the poor souls in Purgatory."

If Our Lady had really meant to say "all souls," she could have said "todas as almas," rather than "alminhas." But that is not what Our Lady said to Lucia.

Knowing now where "the Church" was headed, it makes perfect sense that certain "reporters" would have falsified Sister Lucia's words to fit with their long-term plan for a more Ecuмenical Church. Purgatory is one of those doctrines that the Protestants will not accept.

Except Church teaching is that ALL souls in purgatory do in fact go to Heaven.  Why would Our Lady ask us to pray for those souls to be led to Heaven if they are already heading there?  This request, as you are suggesting, would then be against Church teaching.

But that's not an argument why Trads need to make the "O My Jesus" prayer mention Purgatory specifically.
A) Trads have ZERO issue maintaining a practical, lively faith in Purgatory
B) Protestants reject the entire Rosary, not just the O My Jesus prayer. So inserting "Purgatory" into the O My Jesus prayer won't help anyone one iota.

Who said Trads need to change their prayers? Dr. Chojnowski and others simply want to make sure people know the truth about the Fatima Prayer. Each person can choose to act upon that knowledge however they wish. 

A) Our Lady specifically requested it. In my opinion, I would be presumptuous to think I can edit her.

B) The deception is not directed at Protestants. It is directed at "Catholics" who, in the eyes of the NuChurch, need to start thinking less like Catholics and more like Protestants. A good way to start that is to remove explicitly-Catholic references to Purgatory in the prayers that the average Catholic says every day. Lex orandi, lex credendi.

Except Church teaching is that ALL souls in purgatory do in fact go to Heaven.  Why would Our Lady ask us to pray for those souls to be led to Heaven if they are already heading there?  This request, as you are suggesting, would then be against Church teaching.

Because they are "abandoned" in Purgatory. No one thinks to pray for them. They will stay in Purgatory longer without our prayers.

Against Church teaching? To pray for the souls in Purgatory? Which Church are you talking about?