Editing Legio Maria (section)

===Origins of the movement===
According to Legio Maria leaders and researchers, the origins of the movement can be traced to the convergence of at least four separate events: the concealment by the Roman Catholic Church of 'the third secret of Fátima;' the visions of Mary to several people informing them of the coming of her son; Simeo Ondetto's supernatural attributes that established him as a spiritual leader; the coming of the Holy Spirit at the home of John Baru in [[Suna Migori]] and the Spirit's declaration that Simeo Ondetto is the incarnated son of God; and several miracles and wonders that accompanied the mission of Ondetto, Mary, and numberless Legio Prophets.<ref name=xx2/>

====The Third Secret of Fátima====
The [[Three Secrets of Fátima]] are related to a number of appearances of Mary to three shepherd children in 1917 at [[Fátima, Portugal]]. It was there that Mary revealed three secrets to the shepherds. The Catholic Church released the first two secrets in the 1940s but the surviving shepherd did not write down the third secret until 1944. She sealed the envelope and instructed the church to not open the secret until 1960.  The Legio Maria Church believes that Church officials in Rome refused to release the true secret because it revealed Mary's prophecy of a Black Christ for Africa.<ref name=Dreaming/>{{rp|164}} Schwartz recounts the theory:
{{blockquote|Angry at Rome, [[Virgin Mary|Mary]] decided to 'walk away from those people'. She determined apparitions no longer sufficed. She would tread on African soil as a person with her Son.  Colorless in Heaven, both would become black Africans and bring her message directly to a more receptive audience. Legios declared 'The Third Secret of Fatima' was about the mission of the son of God in Africa, the coming of Legio, and the beginning of a new religious age.<ref name=Dreaming/>}}

In 2000, the Catholic Church released the official third secret of Fátima alongside a commentary on the meaning of the secret written by then Cardinal [[Joseph Ratzinger]].<ref>Anon. (2000) "Vatican issues text of third secret of Fatima." ''Christian Century'' 117, no. 21 (19 July): 749–750</ref>