Third Apparition
The third apparition took place in the Cova da Iria on July 13, 1917. Word had spread throughout Portugal, and a crowd of about 4,000 people were present. Our Lady appeared to the three children again, asking them to come there again on the thirteenth of the next month and to continue to pray the Rosary daily, in order to obtain peace for the world and the end of the war. Lucia asked her to tell them who she was and to perform a miracle so everyone would believe that Our Lady appears to them. Our Lady told them to continue coming every month and that in October she would tell them who she is, what she wants, and would perform a miracle that everyone would see so as to believe.
Our Lady then confided a secret to the children with three parts. Part one: the vision of hell. The children saw hell, where the souls of poor sinners go. Part two: devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Our Lady warned of another great war and the evils of Communism. To save the souls of poor sinners, she said God wanted to establish a devotion to her Immaculate Heart in the world. She also asked for the consecration of Russia to her Immaculate Heart and the Communion of reparation on the first Saturdays. Part three: the century of martyrs. The third part was a prophetic vision without words and dealt with the need for penance and the sufferings of the Church.