The 1985 edition of The Ratzinger Report significantly altered the authentic and original November 11, 1984 interview with Cardinal Ratzinger by Jesus magazine. All texts dealing with the Third Secret were altered in the Ratzinger Report. Apparently, Cardinal Ratzinger has said too much.

Pope Benedict XVI has read the REAL Third Secret, says it deals with:

"the dangers threatening the faith and the life of the Christian," and

- "the things contained in this Third Secret correspond to what is announced in Scripture and are confirmed by many other Marian apparitions"...

"My child, they converse of the secret that I gave at Fatima. It is a simple explanation. It could not be fully revealed because of the drastic nature of My message. How I warned and warned that satan would enter into the highest realms of the hierarchy in Rome. The Third Secret, My child, is that satan would enter into My Son's Church." – Our Lady of the Roses, May 13, 1978

Bishop John Ito, on April 22, 1984, after eight years of investigating the Akita apparitions and after consulting with the Holy See (including Cardinal Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI), approved the messages of Our Lady of Akita. He authorized, throughout his entire diocese, the veneration of our Holy Mother of Akita. A dossier was turned over to Cardinal Ratzinger at the Vatican who, after studying it for himself, reaffirmed that the events were credible and reliable and worthy of belief by all Catholics. Howard Dee, former Philippine ambassador to the Vatican, said in a 1998 interview with Inside the Vatican magazine: “Bishop Ito [the local bishop, now deceased] was certain Akita was an extension of Fatima, and Cardinal Ratzinger personally confirmed to me that these two messages, of Fatima and Akita, are essentially the same.” Part of the Akita message reads: "The work of the devil will infiltrate even into the Church in such a way that one will see cardinals opposing cardinals, bishops against bishops. The priests who venerate me will be scorned and opposed by their confreres. Churches and altars will be sacked; the Church will be full of those who accept compromises and the demon will press many priests and consecrated souls to leave the service of the Lord."

Pope Benedict XVI on the Third Secret

Only months after Bishop Ito approved the Akita apparitions, Cardinal Ratzinger was interviewed on November 11, 1984 by Jesus magazine, a publication of the Pauline Sisters. Within this 1984 interview (titled "Here is Why the Faith is in Crisis"), published to millions in Italy, Cardinal Ratzinger acknowledged that he had read the REAL Third Secret and that it speaks of "The dangers threatening the faith and the life of the Christian, and therefore the world, and also the importance of the last times." Cardinal Ratzinger said that the Third Secret had been suppressed since 1960 “to avoid confusing religious prophecy with sensationalism.” He also said, "But the things contained in this Third Secret correspond to what is announced in Scripture and are confirmed by many other Marian apparitions...." Howard Dee, former Philippine ambassador to the Vatican, stated that "Cardinal Ratzinger personally confirmed to me that these two messages, of Fatima and Akita, are essentially the same.” (Inside the Vatican magazine, 1998) Therefore, when Cardinal Ratzinger mentioned in his interview that the Third Secret corresponds to "other Marian apparitions," this reference includes the Akita apparitions. But in a subsequent publication of the same Ratzinger interview in the famous Ratzinger Report, this reference was mysteriously deleted. Apparently, Cardinal Ratzinger had said too much.

How are the Third Secret and the Akita apparitions the same? (Remember that Cardinal Ratzinger had received a dossier of information on the Akita apparitions prior to his interview with Jesus magazine, so this information was fresh in his mind). We believe the following line from the Akita apparitions is the key: "The work of the devil will infiltrate even into the Church in such a way that one will see cardinals opposing cardinals, bishops against bishops." A WorldNetDaily article also makes this same connection. (Read more...)

"My children, long ago I warned you from Fatima, I warned you through many voice-boxes throughout your world that the time will come when you will embark upon a stormy sea, and it shall be bishop against bishop and cardinal against cardinal, and satan shall set himself in your midst. He shall maneuver and pit you and play you against each other in his plan to destroy My Son's House. Recognize what is happening now upon your earth. I say unto you, O pastors in My Son's House: if you do not listen, if you continue to proceed upon your present course, you ask for the heavy hand of My Son to come upon you. Your world shall be cleansed with a baptism of fire.” – Our Lady of the Roses, November 20, 1976

Directives from Heaven... https://www.tldm.org/directives/directives.htm

D10 - Consecrate Russia PDF
D105 - Fatima PDF
D127 - Vatican II   PDF
D130 - Third Secret of Fatima: Part 2 - Satan entered the Church in 1972   PDF
D131 - Third Secret of Fatima: Part 3 - Satan entered the highest realms of the hierarchy   PDF
D132 - Third Secret of Fatima: Part 4 - There shall be bishop against bishop and cardinal against cardinal, as satan has set himself in their midst.   PDF
D133 - Third Secret of Fatima: Part 5 - The Apocalypse / Revelations PDF
D161 - The Great Apostasy PDF

Articles...

Third Secret of Fatima:

Cardinal Oddi on the REAL Third Secret of Fatima: "The Blessed Virgin was alerting us against the apostasy in the Church"
https://www.tldm.org/news7/ThirdSecretCardinalOddi.htm

Fr. Alonso, official achivist of Fatima: The REAL Third Secret of Fatima warned of apostasy in the Church
https://www.tldm.org/news7/ThirdSecretFatherAlonso.htm

The REAL Third Secret of Fatima explains the chaos
https://www.tldm.org/news6/ThirdSecret.htm

Evidence of a fabrication: Sister Lucy's handwriting notably different in document released by Vatican as the "third secret"
https://www.tldm.org/news/lucys_writing.htm

Evidence of a fabrication: The REAL Third Secret of Fatima specifically mentioned the year 1972, as Jacinta revealed to Mother Godinho
https://www.tldm.org/news/StTheresa3rdSecret.htm

Evidence of a fabrication: World-famous forensic expert believes Vatican's released "third secret" is not in Sister Lucy's authentic handwriting
https://www.tldm.org/news/speckin-p2.htm

More evidence of a fabrication: Jacinta's vision of the Holy Father, "the poor little one," was Pope Paul VI
https://www.tldm.org/news/vision_of_jacinta.htm

Two big blunders of the Fatima experts
https://www.tldm.org/news5/blunders.htm

Sister Lucy talked about the "diabolical disorientation" in the Church as 1972 approached
https://www.tldm.org/news5/1972.htm

Third Secret was to be revealed no later than 1960, "because the Blessed Virgin wishes it so"
https://www.tldm.org/news/in_1960.htm

Third Secret: "Words" of Our Lady, not a vision
https://www.tldm.org/news3/contradictions.htm

Flaws in the "two-document" Third Secret theory
https://www.tldm.org/news5/flaws.htm

Which Third Secret meets the litmus test?
https://www.tldm.org/litmus_test.htm

Fatimagate
https://www.tldm.org/FatimaGate.htm

The Deception of the Century - the Impostor Pope Paul VI
https://www.tldm.org/News3/impostor.htm

Consecration of Russia:

The REAL Sister Lucy has repeatedly stated that Russia must be consecrated by name
https://www.tldm.org/news7/SisterLucyConsecrationOfRussia.htm

Besiege the Pope to consecrate Russia to Our Lady
https://www.tldm.org/News6/consecration4.htm

The “conversion of Russia”: what does it really mean?
https://www.tldm.org/News7/ConversionOfRussia.htm

The meaning of the "consecration" of Russia
https://www.tldm.org/News7/Alonso.htm

Our Lady of the Roses warns: Russia has not been consecrated properly; Pope John Paul II must consecrate Russia, not the world
https://www.tldm.org/News6/consecration3.htm

Pope concerned about persecution of the Catholic Church in Russia
https://www.tldm.org/news6/persecution.htm

Russia's persecution of the Catholic Church back in high gear
https://www.tldm.org/news5/ruse.htm

Sister Lucy:

Sister Lucy was silenced
https://www.tldm.org/news/sister_lucy_silenced.htm

Sister Lucy talked about the "diabolical disorientation" in the Church as 1972 approached
https://www.tldm.org/news5/1972.htm

A forgery to replace the REAL Third Secret; an impersonator to replace the REAL Sister Lucy
https://www.tldm.org/News7/ConspiracyToSilenceSisterLucy.htm

The REAL Sister Lucy has repeatedly stated that Russia must be consecrated by name
https://www.tldm.org/news7/SisterLucyConsecrationOfRussia.htm

Sister Lucy "will bear witness" that Jacinta appeared at Our Lady of the Roses Shrine
https://www.tldm.org/news3/affirm.htm

Vatican-Moscow Treaty:

Rescind the Vatican-Moscow Treaty
https://www.tldm.org/news/treaty.htm

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