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Even though they say he's not doing such a work, don't forget he's a very sly marketing expert. He now has the financial backing to keep a production concealed, and to make a lot of the preliminary scenes, leaving final details up to the end, or whatever. IOW he might be in process while putting out rumors that he is not in process.

However, it comes back to the fact that the REAL 3rd Secret has not been made public. Mel would have to A) rely on the word of someone who is at least acting in defiance of Vatican authority (reminiscent of Lefebvre's consecrations!), or, B) commit some kind of covert break-in to forcibly take the Secret, photograph it, and put it back without anyone knowing about it. IOW, he needs irrefutable proof that what he's doing is true.

Another approach he could take is to merely exemplify the reasons that we KNOW the released version is not the REAL one. Any movie he makes would have to do just that, at least implicitly, because of the A.D.2000 released version. And now, in the present climate of the new Pope who was squarely behind that release, I really don't know how he could pull it off without the public impression that he is accusing the new Pontiff of deliberate deception. I doubt Mel would want to do that. After all, Benedict XVI is showing signs of making some rectifying moves on his own.

I have been trying to respond to what I think you were asking in this question: "Why would MEL change now with a 3rd Secret of FATIMA, that was devinely instructed to be fully revealed in 1960 by [another] Pope, still partially under wraps..?" What is it Mel would be changing? Remember it was supposed to be given to the world by 1960 (because it would be clearer then) or before Sister Lucy dies, "whichever comes first." Well, 1960 obviously came first, and she survived another 45 years. Most people don't even live that long. The Vatican had ample time to release it.

>>Pope BENEDICT the 15th was the Pope at the time of the Miracle of FATIMA.<<

This is correct. It's an easy mistake for us to make in this age of technology to say that Benedict XV also received the information about the visions. These days, it would be believable that he did. But in those days news traveled very slowly. Radio was a new thing. Most important messages were still being made in Morse Code! Even today, some underdeveloped areas still use it. Also remember that his primary concern was the "Great War" as they called WWI.

>>MEL is already in the target hairs of the Catholic Church for his promoting the restoration of the Latin Liturgical Mass against Vatican II.<<

Do not underestimate the lengths to which NewChurch men will go to punish those who oppose their program. Traditional priests who have gone "independent" have their personal stories, but since they are practitioners of charity, they are reticent in regards to specifics. One thing they all have in common is disdain for bishops who use the power of their office to discourage adherence to Tradition.

>>...a story for our Time that some say [foretells] fire from the sky that will take away both the faithful with the unfaithful.<<

I know people who have had visions of this fire from the sky you describe. And they are not people who have other visions. But I wonder if there might be a spiritual side to this warning, that the "fire" falling might be dangerous words being spoken from the Magisterium (a Latin word that means not a person, but a THING, a teaching office). This only goes so far, however, because such words cannot likely carry so much weight, especially when people do not pay much attention to what their religious leaders are saying. Don't forget that calling down fire from heaven is a part of Biblical prophesy, I think it's in Mt 24:30 thereabouts.