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The notion that the vision depicts the 1981 assassination attempt is merely the ludicrous opinion of Cardinal Sodano, who seriously expected the faithful to believe that a vision depicting the execution of a Pope, bishops, priests and members of the laity on a hill outside a devastated city filled with corpses signifies John Paul II escaping death at the hands of a lone assassin in the perfectly intact Saint Peter's Square.

It is interesting to note that Pope St. Pius X had two visions that were similar to the Fatima Vision of Sister Lucy. In 1909, during an audience with members of the Franciscan Order, St. Pius X had a vision of a future pope fleeing Rome. He said:

“What I have seen is terrifying! Will I be the one, or will it be a successor? What is certain is that the Pope will leave Rome and, in leaving the Vatican, he will have to pass over the dead bodies of his priests!”

Just before he died Pope St. Pius X had another similar vision, in which he saw a future pope of the same name fleeing over the bodies of his brethren, before being killed himself.

“I have seen one of my successors, of the same name who was fleeing over the bodies of his brethren. He will take refuge in some hiding place; but after a brief respite, he will die a cruel death”.

http://www.remnantnewspaper.com/Archives/2013-0228-siscoe-bishop-dressed-in-white.htm

Pope John Paul II, then Cardinal Ratzinger, and Sister Lucia believed that the 3rd Secret referred to the 1981 assassination attempt. Read at:

CONGREGATION FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH: THE MESSAGE OF FATIMA