Pope Francis: I’m going to Fatima to entrust the eternal fate of mankind to Mary

At the Wednesday audience, the pope asks for prayers for his upcoming pilgrimage to Fatima and speaks of Mary as the Mother of Hope. In his greetings to pilgrims following his catechesis, the pope made a special request, saying: “Dear pilgrims, … this Friday and Saturday — God willing — I will travel as a pilgrim to Fatima, to entrust to Our Lady the temporal and eternal fate of mankind, and to pray for God’s blessings on its ways. I ask you all to join me, as pilgrims of hope and peace: may your praying hands continue to support mine. May the greatest and best of Mothers watch over each of you all of your days until eternity!”