Just over a month ago, I wrote, in this column, about the Pope visiting Fatima to sanctify two children who had seen Mary. It happened, of course, as I described, just the other day.
I also mentioned that the third child, Lucia, who had been involved with the visions, had become a nun, had been beatified, was waiting to be sanctified, but that there was a third secret which had never been revealed.
It certainly has put Portugal in the news, even if only for a short time. What no-one knew, though, is the third secret had been revealed and the envelope containing the secret, was in the Pope’s cassock pocket whilst he was in Fatima.
The third secret was that Portugal would win the Eurovision song contest! I know! Only the Pope knew, but he kept it to himself.
I thought that this would be the big news event of the week, but no news agency picked it up. The news that Pope Francis knew that Portugal would win the Eurovision song contest for the first time in more than 50 years was overshadowed by news which was breaking in America.
Just as Pope Francis was to share the third secret of Fatima with the world, news was breaking about an apparent breach of presidential protocol. It seems that the quiffed buffoon in the USA plotted to upstage the Pope.
He managed to look as if he had interfered with the investigation into his Russian links by sacking the very person who was leading the investigation, James Comey. Even worse, his sacked FBI director, Mr Comey, seems to have notes which suggest that our quiffed friend asked him to drop the investigation.
Further, he then managed to let slip a secret or two, provided by the Israelis, it’s alleged, to the very Russians he has been seemingly so cosy with.
As if this weren’t enough, it appears that his mate, Vladimir, has details of the meeting, as it was recorded. No Western journalists were allowed into the meeting, but it appears that the Russian camera chap might have also recorded the conversation.
If I were Pope Francis, I’d be feeling a bit upset; I would be feeling as if someone had stolen my big moment. I would be asking for an apology.
When Donald meets the pontiff on Wednesday next week, in the Apostolic Palace, it will not be a meeting of minds. The Pope is reportedly already not seeing eye to eye with him on matters such as climate change, immigration and refugees, but now there’s the third secret of Fatima issue to be discussed.
Mark my words: Pope Francis will not only spend time trying to convince Donald that climate change exists, but he will also seek an apology. He will, I am sure, be asking Donald to acknowledge that the third secret of Fatima, that Portugal would win the 2017 Eurovision song contest, in Kyiv, was deliberately overshadowed by his crass behaviour during the same week. He will, surely, be asking that in his next presidential address Donald says sorry. Can you see Donald agreeing to this? No, I can’t either. I predict that the meeting will end acrimoniously for this reason.
By the way, does anyone else think that the Pope looks like Jonathan Pryce?