On 11 November 1984, Cardinal Ratzinger, gave an interview in Jesus
magazine, a publication of the Pauline Sisters. The interview is
entitled “Here is Why the Faith is in Crisis,” and was published with
the Cardinal's explicit permission. In this interview Cardinal Ratzinger
admits that a crisis of faith is affecting the Church around the world.
In this context, he reveals that he has read the Third Secret and that
the Secret refers to “dangers threatening the faith and the life of the
Christian and therefore (the life) of the world.”
Ratzinger says in the same interview that the
Secret also refers to “the importance of the Novissimi [the
Last Times/the Last Things]” and that “If it is not published, at least
for now, it is to avoid confusing religious prophecy with sensationalism
...” The Cardinal further reveals that “the things contained in this
‘Third Secret’ correspond to what has been announced in Scripture and
has been said again and again in many other Marian apparitions, first of
all that of Fatima ...”
Sources: Frère Michel de la Sainte Trinité, The Whole Truth About Fatima - Volume III, pp. 822-823. See also Jesus magazine, November 11, 1984, p. 79. See also The Fatima Crusader, Issue 37, Summer 1991, p. 7.
