The True Secrets of La Salette (1846), by Robert Lazu Kmita

After a thorough investigation lasting five years, the Bishop of Grenoble, Mgr. Philibert de Bruillard, officially recognized the authenticity of the apparition on September 19, 1851. Additionally, there were two secrets which, after being independently written by each child, were sent to Pope Pius IX in the same year, 1851. Unlike the secrets of Fatima, the secrets of La Salette were not intended for the general public. That is why they were lost in the Vatican archives for almost a century and a half.

An apocalyptic pamphlet

Remaining faithful Catholics, both visionaries had tumultuous lives. Particularly, Mélanie went through many trials, some caused by ecclesiastical authorities. In 1879, the visionary published a small brochure: L’apparition de la Tres Sainte Vierge sur la Sainte Montagne de la Salette (The apparition of the Holy Virgin on the Holy Mountain of La Salette).^[i] It bears the Imprimatur of the Bishop of Lecce at that time, Mgr. Sauveur-Louis, Comte Zola. Although it was not placed on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum (Index of Forbidden Books), several subsequent books containing it were censored.^{[ii]  …}

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