Originally published on Catholic Stand on February 2, 2015.
Recently, I read a copy of a magazine with an article that claimed there was new information that (allegedly) proved that there was another text of the third part of the secret of Fátima. While reading this article and checking it against the text of a Portuguese book reference in the article, I noticed some discrepancies. The present article will discuss this claim of another text and the discrepancies.
Over at Lettera43, Cardinal Muller (the Prefect of the CDF) has referenced in an interview the recent comments from Bishop Peric on Medjugorje.
In Italiano:
«Non si tratta di vere apparizioni della Beata Vergine Maria», ha ribadito mons. Peric. Il cardinal Mueller non commenta queste affermazioni, ma sottolinea: «So che la Chiesa locale ha assunto questa decisione. Dobbiamo comunque dire che il futuro della Chiesa non dipende» né da Medjugorje né «da conosciuti santuari come Fatima o Lourdes: aiutano, possono aiutare a fare più presente il messaggio della penitenza per il mondo di oggi» ma la fede è quella che si vive nella vita quotidiana «nella famiglia, nel lavoro, nella parrocchia».
In English:
“These are not true apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary,” reiterated Msgr. Peric. Cardinal Mueller does not comment on these allegations, but stressed: “I know that the local Church has made this decision. In any case, we have to say that the future of the Church does not depend” either on Medjugorje or “from known shrines such as Fátima or Lourdes: they help, they can help you make more present the message of repentance to the world of today” but the faith is the one that you live in daily life “in the family, at work, in the parish.”
The Cardinal does not comment on the merits of the statement. Meanwhile, Cardinal Muller seems to lament that there is too much hype (troppe esagerazioni) on Medjugorje.
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Kevin J. Symonds 
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