Excellent thread, but it gets even deeper when the spiritual side is added. Pope Leo XIII had a locution of a conversation between Jesus & Satan. Satan asked extended powers for 100 years. Jesus granted that request. I believe that 100 years started in 1917 and ended in 2016.
In 1917, 3 major things happened. 1) Communist took over Russia. 2) The apparition of Fatima 3) the Catholic Church formalized Canon laws. Fatima is huge!! Very huge!!! Fatima is the only time in history that heaven told us exactly when a miracle would occur...
Over 100,000 people throughout Europe witnessed the miracle of the sun. Photographs are in the National Archives in Wash DC. There are documentation of 100's of eye witnesses accounts. This a very real event. What the message of Fatima?