| There's an old saying, "You can't argue with | | | | Vatican [page 632]. |
| success." So whether you agree with the writings | | | | That particular controversy, which also showed up |
| of Father Malachi Martin [1921-1999] or not, you | | | | in later works by Father Martin had its roots in |
| can't deny the fact that this author of sixty | | | | The Third Secret Of Fatima. The Third Secret |
| books was a prolific writer and thinker. | | | | was reported to have been delivered to the three |
| As a young man, Malachi studied theology at | | | | young Fatima seers with instructions that it should |
| Louvain before becoming a professor at the | | | | be opened in 1960. Although that year came and |
| Vatican's Pontifical Biblical Institute. His fictional | | | | went without disclosure of the content of the |
| accounts of Vatican practices and policies, like | | | | secret, the Vatican dispatched an envoy to |
| Windswept House made him a favorite among | | | | President Kennedy, Soviet leader Nikita Krushchev |
| both lay readers and members of the clergy. His | | | | and British Prime Minister Harold MacMillan. As a |
| non-fiction books, like The Keys Of This Blood: | | | | result, a treaty was signed by nearly 200 nations |
| Pope John Paul II Versus Russia And The West | | | | which banned nuclear testing in the air, on land and |
| For Control Of The New World Order, confirmed | | | | on sea. |
| the claim by many that he was the ultimate | | | | It is generally agreed that Father Martin read the |
| Vatican insider. | | | | Third Secret. In fact, he referred to it as your |
| After serving in various positions in the Vatican, | | | | "worst nightmare multiplied exponentially." Its |
| including close personal adviser to Pope John | | | | contents gives credence to Malachi's belief that |
| XXIII, Malachi was released of his Jesuit vows of | | | | Satan had entered into the highest governing |
| poverty and obedience. Although he was not | | | | realm of the Roman Catholic Church. |
| affiliated with any diocese nor wore clergy clothes | | | | In his later years, Father Malachi became a |
| in public, he was still a priest and offered daily | | | | favorite guest on Art Bell's Coast To Coast radio |
| Mass. | | | | program. In addition to sharing his insights into |
| His writings, which were both accurate and | | | | Vatican policies and geo-political affairs, this soft |
| insightful, also revealed a dark side to the secret | | | | yet direct speaking priest spoke about numerous |
| bureaucracy which runs the Catholic Church. The | | | | other events, including his work as an exorcist. |
| following passage from Keys Of The Kingdom | | | | Although Father Martin hesitated to put his seal of |
| reveals this more than anything else he wrote: | | | | approval on many supernatural occurrences, he |
| Rumors, always difficult to verify, tied its | | | | did firmly believe the reported apparitions given |
| installation [ a superforce of Vatican officials, | | | | by the Virgin Mary at Bayside, New York were |
| clergy and lay people bent on creating a godless | | | | not only authentic, but contained urgent messages |
| society] to the beginning of Pope Paul VI's reign in | | | | for mankind. |
| 1963. Indeed, Paul had alluded somberly to "the | | | | It is no wonder, literary critics have called Father |
| smoke of Satan which has entered the | | | | Martin the "most fascinating" religious writer and |
| Sanctuary" -- an oblique reference to the | | | | most knowledgeable writer about the "inner |
| enthronement ceremony by Satanists in the | | | | workings" of the Catholic Church. |