Numerous witnesses have confirmed that the Third Secret was to be revealed no later than 1960 (Read more...).  Sister Lucy said that Our Lady wished the Third Secret to be revealed no later than 1960 "because then it will seem clearer".  Many Fatima experts have concluded that the present great apostasy or crisis of faith in the Church was a subject of the Third Secret, hence, the meaning of Sister Lucy's words that "then it will seem clearer". But in addition to warning about apostasy in the Church, the Third Secret also mentioned a date, a fact confirmed by statements of Sister Lucy, Pope John XXIII, Cardinal Ottaviani, and Our Lady of the Roses message:

• Sister Lucy: "We know moreover, that Sister Lucy confided in the 1970s, that 'the chastisement predicted by Our Lady in the Third Secret had already begun'." (Frère François de Marie des Anges, Fatima: Tragedy and Triumph, pp. 237-238; Brother Michael of the Holy Trinity, The Whole Truth About Fatima: The Third Secret, Vol. III, p. 640).
   

• Pope John XXIII: We know that the genuine Third Secret makes reference to a date, as we can discern in Pope John XXIII's words upon reading the Third Secret in August 1959: "that does not concern the years of my pontificate." (Brother Michael of the Holy Trinity, The Whole Truth About Fatima: The Third Secret, Vol. III, p. 557, English edition; Fr. Joaquin Alonso, official archivist of Fatima, La Verite sur le Secret de Fatima, French edition, page 106). Whatever date was mentioned, Pope John XXIII did not believe he would live to see it.
   

• Mother Godinho: Mother Godinho's letter to Pope Pius XII mentioned the year "1972." We know, from the Bayside message of October 3, 1991, that Jacinta of Fatima passed on to Mother Godinho the Third Secret. Mother Godinho in her letter to Pope Pius XII (read letter), however, altered the content of the Third Secret, included topics extraneous to it, and left out the essence of the Third Secret (that satan would enter the Church).  Nonetheless, she preserved the real date that was in the Third Secret, 1972: "... to prepare for the year 1972, because the sins of impurity, vanity, and excessive luxury would bring great chastisements to the world, which would cause great suffering to the Holy Father. 'Poor Holy Father!' she would say." (Mother Godinho's letter to Pope Pius XII, April 25, 1954) (Read more...)
   

• Our Lady of the Roses: Our Lady of the Roses message verifies that a specific date was mentioned in the Third Secret:

   

  • "I say this evening, as your God, that on that date, as promised at Fatima, satan entered My Church upon earth." (June 18, 1986 message)
     

  • Veronica Lueken, the seer of Bayside, confirmed that the date promised at Fatima and in the Third Secret was 1972.
     

  • "Satan, Lucifer in human form, entered into Rome in the year 1972." (September 7, 1978 message)
     

  • The miraculous 'Jacinta 1972' picture was given to remind the world of Jacinta's message to Mother Godinho and her message concerning the Pope: "I ask you again to pray for your Holy Father [Pope Paul VI] in Rome.  He is very ill.  He needs many prayers, for he is being crucified by his own.  He is truly the little one in the message of Jacinta.” (Our Lady of the Roses message, June 1, 1978) (Read more...)
     

• Cardinal Ottaviani: Another clue concerning a date within the Third Secret may be available to us from the controversy surrounding the 'Neues Europa' version of the third secret. On October 1, 1963, Louis Emrich published what was reported to be an excerpt of the “Third Secret” in the German review 'Neues Europa.' Louis Emrich wrote on November 1, 1963: “The most important part, the quintessence of the revelations of the Mother of God was unavailable to us. In this case it concerns words of the Holy Virgin predicting events which will take place at Rome and which will happen to the Vatican and the papacy at the dawn of day J, when humanity will be delivered to the divine chastisement."
       Fatima expert Father Messias Dias was hesitant to totally reject the 'Neues Europa' version of the third secret because he was assured by Cardinal Ottaviani, who personally read the REAL Third Secret, that "fundamentally it corresponds to the truth." (Read more...)

   

• Fr. Schweigl: Fr. Schweigl was entrusted by Pope Pius XII with a mission to discover more about the Third Secret, and journeyed to Coimbra, Portugal to interrogate Sister Lucy on September 2, 1952. After questioning Sister Lucy on the Third Secret, on his return to the 'Russicum', Father Schweigl confided to one of his relatives, Father Cyrille Karel Kozina: "I cannot reveal anything about what I have learned at Fatima about the Third Secret, but I can say that it has two parts: the one concerns the Pope. The other, logically—although I should say nothing—should be the continuation of the words: 'In Portugal, the dogma of the Faith will always be preserved.'" ...   
       Concerning the part which concerns the Pope, [Father Kozina] had asked: "The present Pope, or rather the next one?" To that question, Father Schweigl did not reply. (Brother Michael of the Holy Trinity, The Whole Truth About Fatima: The Third Secret, Vol. III, p. 710). 
       Father Alonso verified that Fr. Schweigl did interview Sister Lucy: "On September 2, 1952, authorized by the Holy Office as he himself declared, Father Schweigl did an interrogation of Lucy." (Father Joaquin Alonso, Historia da Literatura sobre Fatima, p. 60).

 

[Note: Antonio Socci's book The Fourth Secret of Fatima is renewing interest in the Third Secret. It is worth noting that Pope Benedict XVI, when he was a cardinal, stated that the Third Secret deals with "dangers threatening the faith and the life of the Christian", and that it is contained in Holy Scripture (Read more...) It is also worth noting that Speckin forensic laboratory analyzed the handwriting attributed to Sister Lucy in the Vatican's June 26, 2000 'third secret' document and came to the conclusion that this document did not represent Sister Lucy's handwriting style (Read more...) when compared to known handwriting samples of Sister Lucy (Read more...). We also know that the REAL Third Secret mentions the year 1972 (Read more...) and that the Pope referred to in the Third Secret was Pope Paul VI, not Pope John Paul II (Read more...). The significance of Pope Paul VI to the Third Secret is that a group of evil cardinals successfully gained control of his papacy by drugging him and even using an impersonator to Pope Paul in public appearances (Read more...), a fact that was revealed in a formal Church exorcism in Switzerland (Read more...), as well as Theodor Kolberg's book, “Der Betrug des Jahrhunderts” (The Deception of the Century). These evil cardinals--under the seeming appearance of papal approval--imposed unlawful changes on the entire Catholic Church, made statements contrary to immemorial Church tradition, and promoted confusion that has lasted for decades. As a result, the great apostasy has come upon the Church and the world.]  

"My child, they converse of the secret that I gave at Fatima. It is a simple explanation. It could not be fully revealed because of the drastic nature of My message.  How I warned and warned that satan would enter into the highest realms of the hierarchy in Rome.  The Third Secret, My child, is that satan would enter into My Son's Church." - Our Lady of the Roses, May 13, 1978

 

"This evening I speak to you, My child Veronica, for you to tell the world that to hide a fact is often destructive. And this fact will be made known now, with or without Lucy, or others, who cannot speak out because they are under obedience to their elders. You will repeat this, My child, though it may shock you.
     "I say this evening, as your God, that on that date, as promised at Fatima, satan entered My Church upon earth. He brought with him his agents—and satan himself, the deceiver of all mankind, sat in on Vatican II and maneuvered all the outsiders to come in and distort My doctrines and distort the truth.
     "At Fatima, My Mother tried to warn of this coming event, but who cared to listen? Who was interested in listening?...
     "Therefore, I must make it known at this time to you. If you are perceiving and interested in My Church upon earth, I do not have to explain Myself too fully; for you will already know of the chaos that satan has wrought when he entered My Church. And why did he enter, you say? This I want it made known, My child, and you will not be affrighted as you are now. And you will speak out for Me and My Mother and the Eternal Father in the Holy Spirit; you will speak out and say that satan is in the Church, My Church upon earth. He knows his time is growing short." - Jesus, June 18, 1986

"I gave Lucy the Revelation as a temporary secret—as I revealed [the Third Secret] to you on two occasions. Make a concerted effort to bring its entirety to Our children on earth. The hierarchy have not listened to My counsel—thirty-two years lost in indecision and fear of exposure. The Faith is shattered for many." - Our Lady of the Roses, April 29, 1992

SCORNED,  DISCARDED,  HIDDEN
"Many years have gone by, My children, since I tried to warn you at Fatima. My message was scorned then by many, discarded and hidden from the world, but My message now cannot be discarded or kept hidden, for you have reached now a point in your life, My children, your lifetime upon your earth, when your days are now being counted." - Our Lady, February 10, 1977

FATIMA  
"My child, how many warnings have I sent upon the world, and yet they go unheeded.
   "I wish that you make known, or refresh the memory of My children with My visit to the land of Fatima." - Our Lady, April 13, 1974

THIRD  SECRET
"My child, they converse of the secret that I gave at Fatima. It is a simple explanation. It could not be fully revealed because of the drastic nature of My message. How I warned and warned that satan would enter into the highest realms of the hierarchy in Rome. The Third Secret, My child, is that satan would enter into My Son's Church." - Our Lady, May 13, 1978

"YOU  DID  NOT  LISTEN"
"My Mother came to you at Fatima warning that unless man stopped his path to perdition, Russia would spread her errors throughout your world causing misery, sufferings, and death and enslavement. My children, you did not listen and act upon Her counsel then, just as many now do not listen and act upon Her counsel. It is a part of human nature to exercise too free a will to reject. And this, I say, falls also onto My pastors who are scattering My sheep in My House." - Our Lady, May 27, 1978

CAST  ASIDE
"My warnings at Fatima were cast aside as they are being cast aside now, My children. It is a failing of human nature, My child, that that which does not give pleasure to the carnal nature of man is not accepted. Man shall blind himself to the truth, as he does not wish to face the truth. And those who seek to bring him the truth are cast aside and do much penance, My child." - Our Lady, September 13, 1975

THE FIGHT FOR POWER HAS BEGUN
"The forces of evil are gathering.  666 now controls all the world, and sad to say, My children, 666 has entered upon Rome, and the fight for power has begun.  Pray for your Vicar.  Pray for all men of sin, and above all, My children, pray for your children, for many parents shall shed tears of great remorse—too late!" - Jesus, September 28, 1976  

IN THE YEAR 1972
"Satan, Lucifer in human form, entered into Rome in the year 1972. He cut off the rule, the role of the Holy Father, Pope Paul VI. Lucifer has controlled Rome and continues this control now.
    "And I tell you now, My children, unless you pray and make My counsel known to all of the ruling fathers of the Eternal City of Rome, My Son's Church, His House, will be forced into the catacombs. A great struggle lies ahead for mankind. The eventual outcome is for good of all, for this trial in My Son's Church will be a true proving ground for all the faithful. Many latter-day saints shall rise out of the tribulation." - Our Lady, September 7, 1978

HIGHEST REALMS OF THE HIERARCHY
"My child, they converse of the secret that I gave at Fatima. It is a simple explanation. It could not be fully revealed because of the drastic nature of My message. How I warned and warned that satan would enter into the highest realms of the hierarchy in Rome. The Third Secret, My child, is that satan would enter into My Son's Church." - Our Lady, May 13, 1978