I think there is more to the 3rd secret than has been revealed as of yet..
Details of the third secret were revealed by Cardinal Ratzinger, who is certainly a trustworthy authority, so presumably they are true as far as they go. What we don't know for sure is whether there may be more to the third secret.
For those unfamiliar with this business, the first two secrets revealed way back in 1917 appear to have predicted many of the events involved with the rise of Communism in Russia, the major events of the Second World War, the Cold War, and the promised "conversion of Russia" if the Pope and the bishops agreed to formally dedicate Russia to Mary. Whether or not that was done was a matter of dispute.
The third secret may or may not involve "the smoke of Satan in the Church" (i.e. all the troubles from dissidents and heretics in the past 40 or 50 years), the attempted assassination of the Pope, or perhaps other matters.
The whole business is quite extraordinary and, whether or not one is prepared to believe such matters, very difficult to simply brush away.
The collapse of the Soviet Union does not fit the pattern of the three secrets. Remember -- the Third Secret was intended to be a warning of what would happen AFTER the rise of the Soviet Union and World War II if the people of this world did not amend their ways.
THANK YOU! I hadNO idea that the Secret had been revealed.....and it was a Positive one also! :)
Not sure the 3rd was the collapse of Russia but the damage an unchanged Russia will have on the world.
BTW, how long as Russia been referred to as Russia as opposed to the Soviet Union? Was it called Russia in the original Fatima in 1903?