Official Secrets of La Salette Re-Discovered in Vatican Beyond the polemic, the truth on the appearance and its indicators

Our Lady appeared to two shepherd children, Melanie and Maximin, at La Salette in France in 1846, bringing the Gospel message of “good news” concerning repentance and conversion. The La Salette apparition was officially approved by the Church in 1851. As part of this apparition, Our Lady gave a secret to each of the two children visionaries. There has been much controversy on the secrets, ranging from claims that they were on the Vatican Index of Forbidden Publications (a list which has since been abrogated) to claims that the Secret is not part of the apparition. The main reason for these problems is that the secrets which have been published in various forms, starting back in the late 1800's, highlight very serious problems in the world, in the Church, and especially in the clergy and religious institutions. They are extremely “politically incorrect” in the parlance of today. To solve this mystery, Fr. Michel Corteville was able to research the newly opened (in the recent past of the year 2000) Vatican archives for the period of Pope Leo XIII. He has written, along with Fr. René Laurentin, a book titled “Découverte du Secret de La Salette,” published by Librairie Arthème Fayard in 2002. This book has the Nihil Obstat frpm Abbaye Notre-Dame de Tournay, 13 February 2002, Dom Bernard Billet. The Imprimatur is from Èvry, le jour Pâques 2002, Mgr. Michel Dubost.

This book is only in French at present, and no known English translation exists. The book is 263 pages long. The secrets found in the Vatican archive are detailed in Chapter IV. This document contains the secrets themselves, along with some of the clerical commentary of those times, from the same Vatican archives, as well as some commentary by Fathers Corteville and Laurentin. Since the author of this article is not fluent in French, and the translation was done using computer software, both the original French and translated English are included, in a two column format. In addition, the page number of the book is also shown. No personal commentary is included on the secrets at this time – that will be offered in the future. However, the secrets speak for themselves, and match well with those of Fatima, Akita and elsewhere. The English grammar may be rough because of computer translation, but the meaning is understandable and extra care was taken not to impose erroneous interpretations on the translations.

Once you read these secrets, it will be quite obvious as to how they apply today, especially after the priestly abuse scandal exposed in 2002 in the United States, and all the dissent rampant in the Church today, especially that of religious and clergy, including those in high places, and the general loss of faith – a general apostasy. They are quite eye-opening and apocalyptic.

May Our Lady of La Salette, Reconciliatrix, help us all to return to her Divine Son! Repent and believe in the Gospel.

First, here is the “About this book” summary inside the front cover.