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he Third Secret, so much so that the Church beganto be vision of carnage, and not at all like what happened on depicted as the evil keeper of a secret that should long 13 May 1981. While Pope John Paul II was passing ave been revealed to the world, as per Sister Lucia's through St Peter's Square, he was driven, not walking; wishes. nor were there any corpses around him. He did no’ The Pope visited Fatima (yet again) on 13 May 2000 to climb a mountain or kneel at the foot of a big cross. The celebrate the beatification of Jacinta and Francisco, the — only potentially matching correspondence, it might be wo other Fatima visionaries, and again spoke to Sister argued, is that assassin Agca was a soldier and he did Lucia. As early as 1935, there had been attempts tohave indeed try to kill the Pope with a gun. Even though he two visionaries beatified. some bystanders were injured in the shooting, no That same day, 13 May 2000, Cardinal Angelo Sodano, bishop or priest, let alone several of them, died. hen Vatican Secretary of State, announced that the However much Pope John Paul II might have believed Third Secret would be revealed, and he disclosed what in Fatima and that the Virgin of Fatima predicted his e claimed was a portion of it. Sodano announced that assassination attempt, however much there is this he secret spoke of "the Bishop clothed in white" who, coincidence of dates (13 May), it appears that the Third while making his way amid the corpses of martyrs, "falls | Secret, based on the official publication of the o the ground, apparently dead, under document in 2000, does not apply to a hail of gunfire".° Cardinal Sodano he failed assassination attempt o went on to indicate that this was a 981. How is this explained? prediction of the 1981 assassination ..however much The Pope believed that the Virgin scam ast fone ot a | there is this) aes is ours of nat a a 26 June 2000, Pope John Paul II coincidence of but tha ‘ne Virgin personally authorised the release of its contents, intervened and rescued him. In short, claiming that the 1981 assassination dates (13 May), he Virgin Mary herself stopped her attempt was the fulfilment of this It appears that own prediction from coming true! I Third Secret. The announcement . begs the question: why did she simply received mixed reactions. For some, the Third Secret, not say so? it was the Church finally officialising based on the Amidst all of this, however, were numerous questions that weren't asked, like why Sister Lucia had been so adamant that the Third Secret had to be revealed by 1960 at the latest, even though the events foretold in it were for 1981—a gap of two decades, what had been "known" for years, if not decades. For others, there was doubt. official publication of the document in 2000, does not apply to the failed The Third Secret Revealed The full text of the Third Secret was released by then Cardinal Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict assassination making us wonder why Liicia felt XVI) on 26 June 2000 on the the Third Secret had such urgency. Vatican's Internet site. However, attempt of 1981. However, in retrospect, it is but a small mystery in a much larger enigma! upon its publication, it was clear at it did not say that the Pope ell "apparently dead" but that he was killed. This is the passage of Faked Secrets e officially published text: The central question as to whether the secrets are "\.before reaching there the Holy Father passed — genuine or not is the credibility of Sister Lucia. Only six rough a big city half in ruins, and half trembling with days after the 13 October 1917 apparition, Canon alting step, afflicted with pain and sorrow, he prayed for | Manuel Nunes Formigao questioned her. e souls of the corpses he met on his way; having Canon Formigéo: "The thirteenth of this month: did reached the top of the mountain, on his knees at the foot you ask that the people would look at the Sun?" of the big Cross he was killed by a group of soldiers who Sister Lucia: "I don't remember having done that." ired bullets and arrows at him, and in the same way Formigéo: “Did you ask them to close their ere died one after another the other Bishops, Priests, | umbrellas?" men and women Religious, and various lay people of Lucia: "The last time, | cannot remember whether | different ranks and positions.”” asked them." It is clear that the "Holy Father" is killed at the top of a Formigéo: "Did she tell you that the people would be mountain by a group of soldiers and that he does not die —_ punished if they did not repent their sins?" alone, as “one after another the other Bishops, Priests, Lucia: "I do not remember whether she said that; | men and women Religious" die, too. In short, this is a think not." there is this coincidence of dates (13 May), it appears that the Third Secret, official publication of the document in 2000, does not apply to the failed APRIL - MAY 2012 NEXUS ° 61 ..however much based on the assassination attempt of 1981. www.nexusmagazine.com