On the 13th October (the anniversary of the ‘Miracle of the Sun’ of Fatima) Our Lady delivered her third and final message to Sister Agnes. It is the most chilling and contentious of the three messages received, not least because it points to an internal crisis within the Church.

The Catholic faithful are generally well-acquainted with the Marian apparitions at Lourdes and Fatima, and the messages given to these simple, saintly youths (Bernadette Soubirous, Francisco and Jacinta Marto and Lucia dos Santos). In my experience, far fewer Catholics (even very devout practising Catholics), have heard of the apparitions of Our Lady of Akita, in Japan to Sr Agnes Sasagawa, in 1973.