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The other interesting point concerning the Pope is his closeness to Sr. Lucia who died last week aged 97. Who is she? I hear you ask. She was the last surviving member of the three children who were granted a series of visions of the Mother of God at Fatima in Portugal during the First World War (1917?) The children were given three secrets which, the vision instructed, were to be given to the Pope. The first secret revealed the end of the war. the second was the rise of communism, but the third has never been revealed. It is commonly thought to reveal the manner and timing of the end of the world. Asked about the Third Secret of Fatima, the present Pope replied in very guarded terms, asking what good would it do to panic people. However during his Pontificate the Pope has maintained very close links with Fatima and with Sr. Lucia, unusually close, some might say.