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    The phrase  the holy places are in corruption  also refers to those 

churches, convents, and other holy places where Christians have accepted 

all kinds of sin and heresy, including those who have even accepted the 

abomination in place of the Holy Eucharist. These sins, especially the 

abomination, are the reason that God allows the world to be given over into 

the hands of His enemy, the Antichrist. 

26.   It will be during this time that the antichrist will be born of a Hebrew 

religious, of a false Virgin who will have communication with the old 

serpent, the master of impurity; his father will be Bishop; at birth, he will 

vomit blasphemies, he will have teeth; in a word, this will be the devil 

incarnate; he will let out frightening cries, he will perform wonders, he will 

nourish himself only on impurities. He will have brothers who, although 

they will not be like him demons incarnate, will be children of evil; at 12 

years, they will make themselves noticed by their brilliant victories which 

they will win; soon, they will each be at the head of armies, assisted by the 

legions of hell.  

    Antichrist's father will be Bishop. The Virgin Mary revealed this to us at 

La Salette. She told this to Melanie (and perhaps also to Maximin). Melanie 

wrote out the words:  his father will be Bishop,  (in French:  son pere sera 

Eveque ). In one version, she wrote out the French word for bishop, 

 Eveque.  However, in another version, she used the abbreviation for 

bishop,  Ev.  Yet, in most publications of the secret, they do not write the 

word  Bishop.  Instead, they translate the phrase as:  his father will be B.  

or  his father will be Bish.  Such translations are misleading and dishonest. 

A correct and honest translation was used above. 

    The Virgin Mary's words at La Salette are all true. Much of what she said 

is unpleasant and, perhaps, not what people hope for or expect to happen. 

But no one can deny that one of Christ's chosen Twelve Apostles, Judas 

Iscariot, betrayed Christ. So then, it should not be so hard to believe that, 

from time to time, one bishop or another might betray Christ in some 

serious way. 

    Antichrist's mother will be a nun, one who pretends to be a virgin, but 

who is thoroughly unchaste. The word  Virgin  is capitalized in this 

paragraph. Thus, Antichrist's mother will not only be a false virgin, she will 

be a false Virgin Mary. She will claim that her pregnancy is from God and 

that this is the sign that her son would be the savior. Just as Antichrist will 

be an evil imitation of Jesus the true Christ, so will Antichrist's mother be a 

false and evil imitation of Mary, the true holy Mother of Christ. 

    Notice that Antichrist would not be born if the members of the priesthood 

and the religious life were faithful to God. In a sense, it is fitting that his