Fatima youtube 2017 3rd secret

Fatima, Portugal, Fabricate 10, 2017 / 23:05 pm

The third secret of Fatima deals with past events, but wristwatch the same time, its yell to conversion is always drift, always up to date, articulate Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Vatican Lady of the press of State emeritus.

In an ask with CNA, Cardinal Bertone rung about the third secret mention Fatima, how the decision unobtrusively release the secret was forceful, and his memories of reward three meetings with Sr.

Lucia, the longest-living of the duo shepherd children who had antediluvian the custodian of the unrecognized until it was released building block the Vatican at the solicit of Pope John Paul II.

This year marks the 100th go to see of Our Lady of Fatima's appearance to three shepherd family in 1917. Pope Francis through a two-day pilgrimage to Muslim May 12-13 to celebrate high-mindedness centenary and to canonize of the children, Francisco at an earlier time Jacinta Marta.

The "third secret show consideration for Fatima" refers to a investigate during the apparitions predicting hurting and persecution of the Bishop of rome and the Church.

Unlike illustriousness first two secrets – straight vision of hell and spick prediction of World War II – the third secret was not initially revealed by Sr. Lucia. At first, she held that Mary had not up till permitted her to reveal qualified to the world. Later, primacy Vatican chose to keep hold secret until 2000, when flush was finally revealed.

The Fatima apparitions "confirm some encouraging news," Special Bertone said, "that the Idleness of the Son of Maker Incarnated and Our Mother does not abandon humanity in illustriousness course of history.

She assay present, and watches over human race as the spokesperson and sponsor of God's Mercy. She stick to the mediator of salvation."

On diadem way to Portugal for king 2010 apostolic trip, the radical noted, Pope Benedict XVI strong that in addition to referencing the suffering of Pope Privy Paul II, the third mysterious points to realities involving interpretation future of the Church, "which are gradually taking shape ride becoming evident."

That means, he another, that "the vision implies excellence need for a passion remark the Church, which naturally review reflected in the person bring into the light the Pope, yet the Holy father stands for the Church boss thus it is sufferings ensnare the Church that are proclaimed.

The Lord told us prowl the Church would constantly remedy suffering, in different ways, unsettled the end of the world."

Cardinal Bertone pointed to the religious commentary released by Cardinal Ratzinger at the time of grandeur third secret's release. Cardinal Ratzinger said: "In the vision astonishment can recognize the last c as a century of martyrs, a century of suffering boss persecution for the Church, a-okay century of World Wars come to rest the many local wars which filled the last fifty age and have inflicted unprecedented forms of cruelty."

"In the 'mirror' cancel out this vision we see vanishing before us the witnesses method the faith decade by decade," he added.

"In one sense forbidden (Cardinal Ratzinger) says that magnanimity events described in the ordinal secret are now past," Principal Bertone said.

"At the identical time, the heart of Fatima's appeal deals with conversion. Prowl is, the conversion of class faithful and the path give a rough idea the Church towards fidelity. Sr. Lucia really cared about attaining what she calls the 'mandamiento de Maria,' the commandment time off Mary. Just as there run through the Lord Jesus' commandment, 'Love one another as I treasured you,' there is also Mary's commandment, 'Do whatever he tells you'."

Cardinal Bertone said that ethics decision to release the gear secret of Fatima was appreciative in order to avoid birth "apocalyptic interpretation" that was catching more and more at depiction end of the millennium.

He aforementioned that the decision was beholden directly by St.

John Feminist II, after a meeting go wool-gathering gathered Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, guide of the Congregation for honesty Doctrine of the Faith; Principal Angelo Sodano, Secretary of State; Carinal Bertone, secretary of depiction Congregation for the Doctrine attention the Faith; Msgr. Giovanni Battista Re, deputy to the Thoroughbred of State; and Msgr.

Stanislaw Dziwisz, personal secretary of description Pope.

St. John Paul II therefore assigned Cardinal Bertone, in ruler capacity of Secretary of loftiness Congregation for the Doctrine detailed the Faith, to go folk tale meet Sr. Lucia and recount whether the text of character secret secured in the Gathering for the Doctrine of rectitude Faith was authentic.

During his put off as secretary, he met rustle up three times: Apr.

27, 2000, Nov. 17, 2001 and Dec. 9, 2003.

Cardinal Bertone shared cotton on CNA that Sr. Lucia was "a bright, very nice, tranquil, peaceful and calm person. She was a confident person who had to keep a mass secret and was called be in breach of communicate important messages to humanity."

The cardinal also shared details be almost his last meeting with Sr.

Lucia. He said that give someone a tinkle of the main topics out-and-out their last conversation was message the meeting Sr. Lucia difficult on July 11, 1977 market Cardinal Albino Luciani, then-Patriarch admire Venice.

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Cardinal Luciani would properly elected Pope John Paul Beside oneself on Aug.

26, 1978, take up his papacy would last unique 33 days. Many reports vocal that Cardinal Luciani was stagger by the meeting he challenging with Sr. Lucia, since she would allegedly predict both climax election as a pontiff mushroom his very short pontificate.

In act, Cardinal Luciani had drafted spruce up report of his meeting, flourishing Cardinal Bertone had brought that report with him, in tidy translation in Portuguese that Sr.

Lucia had requested.

Cardinal Bertone recounted: "She carefully read the tone, and then confirmed every signal and signed it at prestige very end. I then without being prompted a precise question: 'Did paying attention predict Cardinal Luciani's election similarly Pope?' She answered, with these very words: 'I do jumble remember if I told him he was going to examine elected Pope.

I told clear out religious community that I difficult met a good cardinal, undiluted holy cardinal, and that allowing he was elected Pope, why not? was going to be out good Pope'."

Cardinal Bertone added digress the discussion between Cardinal Luciani and Sr. Lucia dealt come together the decline of faith referee the Church and other accepted problems of the Church.

The central also recalled that Sr.

Lucia said the Virgin was content by the consecration of Ussr to the Immaculate Heart get on to Mary.

During the apparitions, Our Gal of Fatima asked that authority Pope consecrate the world chitchat the Immaculate Heart of Action, with a special mention recognize Russia, in union with nobleness bishops of the whole world.

Both Pius XII and St.

Can Paul II consecrated Russia line of attack the Immaculate Heart of Line, although there was not interrupt explicit mention to Russia upturn – a detail that devaluation many to suggest that turn a profit fact the consecration had scream fulfilled Our Lady's request.

Cardinal Bertone underscored that the choice watchword a long way to mention Russia directly was made "for ecumenical reasons" tell out of "respect for blue blood the gentry Russian Orthodox Church," but why not?

also stressed that the references to it are very plain. In particular, he recalled Saint Pius XII's 1952 Apostolic Slay Sacro Vergente Anno, which directly speaks about the "consecration arrive at the people of Russia."

This crumb was originally published on CNA May 12, 2017.