FINAL WARNING: Setting the Stage for Destruction
will be granted to the world’.”^Mary had asked that her last prophecy be kept secret until 1960 (when,
incidentally, John F. Kennedy, the first Roman Catholic President took
office). In 1944, after recuperating from a grave illness, she was
instructed to write the prophecy down. It was, and it was then sealed
and given to the Bishop of Portugal, and it became known as the
“Third Secret.” It was hand-delivered to the Vatican on April 4, 1957,
and kept in the Secret Archive.When Pope John XXIII read the prophecy, on August 17, 1959, it was
said that he was visibly shaken, and he wouldn’t reveal its contents,
because he said that it didn’t “concern our time.” Likewise on March
27, 1965, Pope Paul VI read it, and decided not to publish it. Many
believed it had to do with Armageddon, and in recent years, various
people have become privy to the words written in Lucia’s letter, which
contained the third prophecy. After the assassination attempt against
him, Pope John Paul decided to read it on July 18, 1981. Yet, it still was
not released until May 13, 2000.It was reported that the prophecy indicated that the world was to be
punished for disobeying the laws of God and turning away from Him.
When the prophecy was unsealed by the Pope in 1960, it was to be
published so that the whole world would know about it; and then the
country of Russia was to be consecrated to Mary by the Pope and all
the bishops. If these two things were done, the wrath of God would not
fall upon the Earth. It wasn’t done, therefore the country of Russia was
to become the instrument of God’s punishment upon the nations.In 1957, Cardinal Ottaviani, in referring to the prophecy, said it had to
be buried “in the most hidden, the deepest, the most obscure and
inaccessible place on earth.” In 1978, John Paul II said that his
predecessors “preferred to postpone publication so as not to
encourage the world power of Communism to make certain moves.” In
1980, while speaking to a group of German Catholics, John Paul II
admitted that the “Third Secret” did indeed refer to impending
punishment from God and that because Pope John XXIII, for
diplomatic reasons, failed to honor the stipulations, the prophecy had
been set into motion, and couldn’t be stopped.