The Third Secret of Fatima   237 

    The book of Revelation predicts a time of many martyrs in the Church 

(Rev 6:9 11). In that passage, the past martyrs of the Church ask how much 

longer until God judges the earth.  

     Then they were each given a white robe and told to rest a little longer, 

until the number of their brethren should be complete, who were to be killed 

as they themselves had been.  (Rev 6:11).  

    This description of the martyrs in heaven waiting for additional 

martyrdoms to occur on earth is the fifth seal of the seven seals from the 

book of Revelation. The fifth seal is a time of Great Martyrdom for the 

Church on earth. And this is exactly what is predicted by the third part of 

the secret of Fatima a future Great Martyrdom. 

    4.  When will this Great Martyrdom occur? Notice that the description of 

the deaths of the many bishops, priests, religious, and laypersons follows 

after the description of the Pope passing through a big city half in ruins. The 

city which the Pope passes through is Rome, for the Pope is the Bishop of 

Rome. As he passes through Rome, the Pope sees many corpses and prays 

for the many who have already died. After this, the Pope is martyred. This is 

one meaning of the third secret of Fatima:  When the city of Rome is half 

in ruins, then the Pope will go to his martyrdom. 

    Does the third secret of Fatima refer to Pope John Paul II? I believe that 

the third secret refers to the future martyrdom of a Pope, but not John Paul 

II. The second Pope after John Paul II (the one Saint Malachy refers to as 

 Peter the Roman ) is the Pope who will be martyred as described in the 

third secret of Fatima. Notice that the third secret of Fatima states that the 

Holy Father and the others were actually killed. But in 1981 Pope John Paul 

II was not killed and this attempt on his life was not followed by the 

martyrdoms of many others. Therefore, this martyrdom is yet to come. (For 

details, read Jeremiah 52:1 17.) 

    The Pope described in the third secret of Fatima will die a martyr for the 

Faith, after the city of Rome is half in ruins. [Formerly, I thought that this 

martyr would be Pope John Paul II. I was mistaken.] Now I believe it will 

be the second Pope after John Paul II. That Pope will reign during the time 

of the war between the Arab nations and Europe, and his martyrdom will 

occur during that war. He will be captured in A.D. 2012 and taken to his 

martyrdom in Syria and Iraq. 

    5.  After describing the martyrdom of the Pope, the secret of Fatima 

describes the martyrdoms of other bishops, priests, religious, and laypersons. 

Therefore, sometime after  Peter the Roman  is martyred, many more 

faithful Christians will follow him to martyrdom. A time of great suffering