Things are not going well in the world, starting with the war in the Ukraine which threatens to spread to the whole world, and could become a nuclear war.
Heaven, through the Virgin Mary, whether at Fatima, Portugal, or other locations where she has appeared has already warned us that wars are the consequence for the sins of men. In 1917, Our Lady of Fatima warned that if people did not convert, another world war, worse than the first, would happen,and this occurred. Note that the warnings are conditional. If we pray, convert and do penance, as Heaven demands, then the punishment will not come, or at least be mitigated (as happened to Nineveh in the Old Testament, who converted after the prophet Jonah's warning). However, it seems that some form of purification will be necessary to bring people back to God given the state of the world currently.
Here are two warnings from Heaven. One was from the Virgin Mother in Medjugorje on January 25, 2023 (see at the end of this article), and the other was given in 1960 to Blessed Elena Aiello (1895-1961), an Italian nun, mystic, stigmatic, victim soul, and foundress of the Minim Tertiaries of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Elena was declared Blessed by Pope Benedict XVI on September 14, 2011. Keep in mind that these warnings are conditional and depend on whether people convert or not.
Our Lady to Blessed Elena on Good Friday, 1960:
The world has become as a flooded valley, overflowing with filth and mud. Some of the most difficult trials of Divine Justice are yet to come, before the deluge of fire. I, for a long time, have advised men in many ways, but they do not listen to my maternal appeals, and they continue to walk the paths of perdition. But soon terrifying manifestations will be seen, which will make even the most obdurate sinners tremble! Great calamities will come upon the world, which will bring confusion, tears, struggles and pain. Great earthquakes will swallow up entire cities and countries, and will bring epidemics, famine, and terrible destruction, especially where the sons of darkness are (pagan or anti-God nations).
In these tragic hours, the world has need of prayers and penance, because the Pope, the priests, and the Church are in danger. If we do not pray, Russia will march upon all of Europe, and particularly upon Italy, bringing much more ruin and havoc! Hence the priests must be in the front line of defense of the Church, by example and sanctity in life, for materialism is breaking forth in all nations and evil prevails over good. The rulers of the people do not understand this, because they do not have the Christian spirit; in their blindness, do not see the truth.
Our Lady on the Feast of the Immaculate Heart, August 22nd, 1960:
The hour of the justice of God is close, and will be terrible! Tremendous scourges are impending over the world, and various nations will be struck by epidemics, famines, great earthquakes, terrific hurricanes, with overflowing rivers and seas, which bring ruin and death. If the people do not recognize in these scourges (of nature) the warnings of Divine Mercy, and do not return to God with truly Christian living, another terrible war will come from the East to the West. Russia, with her secret armies, will battle America; will overrun Europe. The river Rhine will be overflowing with corpses and blood. Italy, also, will be harassed by a great revolution, and the Pope will suffer terribly.
Spread the devotion to my Immaculate Heart, in order that many souls may be conquered by my love and that many sinners may return to my Maternal Heart. Do not fear, for I will accompany with my maternal protection my faithful ones, and all those who accept my urgent warnings, and they — especially by the recitations of my Rosary — will be saved.
Satan goes furiously through this disordered world, and soon will show all his might. But, because of my Immaculate Heart, the triumph of Light will not delay in its triumph over the power of darkness, and the world, finally, will have tranquility and peace.
Our Lady on the Storm
People are offending God too much. Were I to show you all the sins committed on a single day, you would surely die of grief. These are grave times. The world is thoroughly upset because it is in a worse condition than at the time of the deluge. Materialism marches on ever fomenting bloody strifes and fratricidal struggles. Clear signs portend that peace is in danger. That scourge, like the shadow of a dark cloud, is now moving across mankind: only my power, as Mother of God, is preventing the outbreak of the storm. All is hanging on a slender thread. When that thread shall snap, Divine Justice shall pounce upon the world and execute its dreadful, purging designs. All the nations shall be punished because sins, like a muddy river, are now covering all the earth.
Source: www.countdowntothekingdom.com/blessed-elena-aiello-russia-will-march-upon-europe/
Here is another warning, more recent, given by the Virgin Mary to the visionary Marija in Medjugorje on January 25, 2023:
"Dear children! Pray with me for peace, because Satan wants war and hatred in hearts and peoples. Therefore, pray and sacrifice your days by fasting and penance, that God may give you peace. The future is at a crossroads, because modern man does not want God. That is why mankind is heading to perdition. You, little children, are my hope. Pray with me, that what I began in Fatima and here may be realized. Be prayerful and witness peace in your surroundings and be people of peace. Thank you for having responded to my call."
"Humanity is heading to perdition" is a very serious warning. However, Mary tells us that there is still hope for those who put their trust in her and who put into practice the requests she made at Fatima, Portugal, in 1917. These requests included reciting the Rosary each day, and then consecrating oneself and taking refuge in Mary's Immaculate Heart. For Mary announced at Fatima, and it is a certainty that: "In the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph."