**The whole secret, commented Benedict, at the time prefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, stands as a "dramatic call" to the free will of men, a call to change, "and thus to change the course of history."**
Change the world by prayer. That's what the Blessed Virgin Mary has been saying in apparition after apparition.
"to change the course of history" Pope Benedict has certainly given much thought to the third secret, which, no matter how it is interpreted did/does not bode well. If it did have to do with the assassination of Pope John Paul II, then Pope Benedict believes that current trends toward secularism need to be halted and he is asking us all to be part of the "call to change." If he has doubts, he has decided he is going to go forward with hope and prayer anyway. Which is what we need to do, as well.