Does anyone strike the chest during consecration when the bells are rung (if they are)? Is this proper?

Thank you all for your comments! I followed the thread about unity that was suggested, but now have more questions. Was the error that would spread something other than socialism? Was it just a general non serviam? If the Orthodox Church accepts Vatican I will that help?

I do remember now why people were saying Mary's request was met. Pope Johan Paul II consecrated Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. About that same time, Gorbachev and Reagan were engaged in the Cold War. I was young then, so I didn't understand any of it, but I thought that was going to save the world from the spread of communism, and that the end of the cold war was evidence of that. Wrong?

I wonder, too, if the conversion just hasn't happened yet, but still might. She didn't give any details, did she?

One more thing: you aren't sure the consecration was done as per her request? Why?

Hello, I am new here, so forgive me if this is the wrong place to post. I thought Mary said at Fatima that if people did not pray and return to God that Russia would spread her errors throughout the world. When the Soviet regime crumbled, some seemed to think this was proof that Russia was converted, that the worlds prayers had worked or something.

I am just wondering two things: one, did Mary say that at Fatima? And two, hasn't Russia spread her errors? I don't mean to disparage Russians. I see communism and socialism all over the world. Isn't that what She meant? The whole world didn't used to be socialist. We're in real trouble, aren't we? And politics wont help us, will it? We needed real conversion, but we chose political means, not spiritual means.

Im not the sharpest knife in the drawer, so please, everyone, don't be offended. Im scared.