Mr. Robert E. Ritchie is originally from New York. He was homeschooled and formed in an atmosphere of a deeply Catholic family. He has worked to spread devotion to Our Lady of Fatima in the Philippines, South America and Australia. He now heads the America Needs Fatima campaign https://www.americaneedsfatima.org/, which is a project of the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP)http://www.tfp.org/. Mr. Ritchie has directed America Needs Fatima since 1996. He now lives in Spring Grove, PA.