John Paul II and Benedict XVI on the Third Secret of Fatima

“In the Third Secret we read among other things that the great apostasy in the Church begins at the top.” – Cardinal Luigi Ciapi, papal theologian of all the popes from Piux XII to John Paul II

While the Vatican released an official version of the third secret of Fatima in 2000, many notable authors and figures within the Church have suggested that the full content of the third secret was not fully revealed in the official version revealed by the Vatican. In this article, we cite the very words of Pope John Paul II, as well as Pope Benedict XVI, that show without a doubt that the two popes suggested that there was more to the Third Secret than what was officially revealed by the Vatican.

Benedict XVI: Prophetic mission of Fatima not yet complete

The official commentary of the Vatican regarding the third secret of Fatima is that the events mentioned in the third secret refer to past events, and not future ones. The Vatican specifically referred to the attempted assassination attempt on John Paul II in 1983 as a fulfillment of the fatal killing of the “bishop dressed in white” that is mentioned in the third secret.

However, Pope Benedict XVI himself contradicted this official Vatican narrative, declaring in Fatima on May 13, 2010 to 500,000 pilgrims: “We would be mistaken to think that the prophetic mission of Fatima is complete.”

He concluded his homily with the prayer, “May the seven years which separate us from the centenary of the apparitions (2017) hasten the fulfillment of the prophecy of the triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, to the glory of the Most Holy Trinity.”