The Armata Bianca is an ecclesiastic Association, in accordance with can. 215 of the Code of Canon Law and with the Pastoral Report of the Episcopal Commission of the Apostolate of Laity CEI n. 5 (see Enchiridion CEI EDB vol. III n. 591).

It was founded in 1973 by the will of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina of the Capuchin Friars Minor of Saint Francis of Assisi and the Servant of God Father Pio Dellepiane, of the Minim Friars of Saint Francis of Paola. Its primary purpose is the spiritual care of children through their Consecration to the Father in Mary and the formation of Prayer Nests.

The White Army operates to bring to all the children of the world the invitation that Mary addressed to the three little seers at Fatima:

“Are you willing to offer yourselves to God, ready to accept all the sufferings He wishes to send you, as an act of reparation for the sins by which He is offended, and in supplication for the conversion of sinners?”

The “yes” of the little ones – in age and in spirit – must then be joined to a concrete and generous commitment of prayer and self-offering.

The story of Fatima, in fact, does not end with the last apparition on October 13, 1917, and it is not limited to Lucia, Francisco, and Jacinta. It continues in every time and every corner of the earth, wherever a child accepts the invitation of the Heavenly Mother, offers themselves to Her, commits to praying the Rosary every day, and accepts all that the Lord may send them to console the Heart of God so deeply offended, to convert sinners, and for the triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary – the triumph of Love and Peace.

The purpose of this website is to inform about what the White Army is, the spirit that animates it, its ecclesial nature, and what it has accomplished and aims to accomplish.