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to how people appear in a mirror when they pass in front of it' a Bishop
dressed in White `we had the impression that it was the Holy Father'. Other
Bishops, Priests, men and women Religious going up a steep mountain, at
the top of which there was a big Cross of rough hewn trunks as of a cork tree
with the bark; before reaching there the Holy Father passed through a big
city half in ruins and half trembling with halting step, afflicted with pain and
sorrow, he prayed for the souls of the corpses he met on his way; having
reached the top of the mountain, on his knees at the foot of the big Cross he
was killed by a group of soldiers who fired bullets and arrows at him, and in
the same way there died one after another the other Bishops, Priests, men
and women Religious, and various lay people of different ranks and
positions. Beneath the two arms of the Cross there were two Angels each
with a crystal aspersorium in his hand, in which they gathered up the blood
of the Martyrs and with it sprinkled the souls that were making their way to
God.
Tuy 3 1 1944 .
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The third secret of Fatima is about the martyrdom of bishops, priests,
religious, and laypersons. Cardinals Soldano and Ratzinger have stated
publicly that they believe this refers to past events in the Church. Certainly
part of the meaning does refer to the many, many holy persons who, in the
past, have suffered much and died because of their faith in Jesus Christ.
3. But I say more. The third part of the secret of Fatima follows the
second part, and so the events of the third part occur after the events of the
second part. At the end of the second part of the secret, the Virgin Mary
says: The Holy Father will consecrate Russia to me, and she shall be
converted, and a period of peace will be granted to the world.
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Thus the
martyrdoms described by the third secret will occur after the consecration of
Russia and a period of relative peace in the world.
According to Sister Lucia (the visionary of Fatima) and Cardinal
Ratzinger, this act of consecration occurred on March 25, 1984. Not long
afterwards, the U.S.S.R. was disbanded, and Russia became a democratic
country with much greater freedom of religion than in previous decades.
Russia has been consecrated. And since that time there has been no major
persecution of Christians resulting in the large number of martyrdoms
described by the third part of the secret of Fatima. Therefore, the third part
of the secret refers mainly to the future, not the past. The third part of the
secret of Fatima describes a Great Martyrdom, which will include the
martyrdom of the Pope as well as of many other Bishops, priests, religious,
and laypersons. This Great Martyrdom is yet to occur.
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