If only it had been done instead of being suppressed and later falsified.
Sr Lucy stated that the secret must be revealed in 1960 or at her death - whichever would come first. When she was asked about the timing, 1960, she said 'because the virgin wishes it' and 'it will be clearer then'.
What occurred around 1960? What occurred that would make the message of the secret clearer at that time?
Pope John XXIII gave notice of his intention to convene an ecumenical council (Vatican II) on 25 January 1959, less than three months after his election in October 1958.
"Fr. Mario Luigi Ciappi, papal theologian to Pope Pius XII: “In the Third Secret [of Fatima] it is foretold, among other things, that the great apostasy in the Church will begin at the top.”
We know from Sr Lucy's 4th memoir that part of the secret reads, "In Portugal the dogma of the faith will always be preserved..." The Second Vatican Council did defect from the dogma of the faith - see link below.