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which horrified us and made us tremble with fear. The demons could be distinguished by
their terrifying and repulsive likeness to frightful and unknown animals, all black and
transparent. This vision lasted but an instant. How can we ever be grateful enough to our
kind heavenly Mother, who had already prepared us by promising, in the first Apparition,
to take us to heaven. Otherwise, I think we would have died of fear and terror.”
“We then looked up at Our Lady, who said to us so kindly and so sadly: ‘You have seen
hell where the souls of poor sinners go. To save them, God wishes to establish in the
world devotion to my Immaculate Heart. If what I say to you is done, many souls will be
saved and there will be peace. The war is going to end: but if people do not cease
offending God, a worse one will break out during the Pontificate of Pius XI. When you
see a night illumined by an unknown light, know that this is the great sign given you by
God that he is about to punish the world for its crimes, by means of war, famine, and
persecutions of the Church and of the Holy Father. To prevent this, I shall come to ask
for the consecration of Russia to my Immaculate Heart, and the Communion of reparation
on the First Saturdays. If my requests are heeded, Russia will be converted, and there will
be peace; if not, she will spread her errors throughout the world, causing wars and
persecutions of the Church. The good will be martyred; the Holy Father will have much
to suffer; various nations will be annihilated. In the end, my Immaculate Heart will
triumph. The Holy Father will consecrate Russia to me, and she shall be converted, and a
period of peace 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 handdelivered
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