(UPDATE: Original comment from JosephMary AnneJoachim deleted. I have a screenshot of it). That's fine. My original comment wasn't addressing or acknowledging or answering you, anyway. It was just a general comment for GTV readers. If you note , I wrote "on all sorts of blogs about this issue" meaning I have seen this issue referred to on several blogs to which I contribute. I wasn't singling you out. As you said, move on.

I really don't know why the apparition brigade are getting their knickers in a twist on all sorts of blogs about this issue (well I do, because (a) some bloggers might lose money over it, and (b) it might deprive others of their addiction, their spiritual candy, as the late Fr Hugh Thwaites used to call it).

Firstly, no Catholic is obliged to believe in any private revelation - either approved or unapproved - to secure their salvation. Period.

Secondly, if this new Vatican document clamps down on alleged private revelations (in other words, those that have not already been fully approved) then all well and good. They are not part of the Deposit of Faith, although some blog commenters seem to think they are the sole source of Divine guidance.

As the late, great Michael Davies once wrote ""Since the Second Vatican Council there has been a grave crisis of authority within the Catholic Church. The ordinary faithful have not received the firm and unequivocal teaching and guidance from their ecclesiastical superiors to which they had become accustomed. Cardinal Ratzinger has noted the extent to which individual bishops have abdicated their authority to national episcopal conferences which, only too often, have been manipulated into propagating the opinions of so-called theological experts of dubious orthodoxy. Parish priests frequently abdicated their authority to parish councils, and Rome itself has sometimes appeared to speak with an uncertain voice. But certainty is what the faithful seek, and when they do not receive it from the Magisterium they will seek it elsewhere. Some have sought certainty in the charismatic movement which, if examined objectively, renders the Magisterium unnecessary, for what need is there of a teaching authority when each individual Christian can communicate directly with the Holy Ghost?
Other Catholics have put their faith in one of the numerous apparitions which are allegedly taking place in many countries. Once again, if heavenly guidance can be communicated directly through the sect which is witnessing the alleged apparitions, then what need is there of a Magisterium? In the years following the Council a very clear pattern of behaviour has emerged among supporters of these apparitions. It is a tendency to make belief in the authenticity of a particular apparition the criterion of orthodoxy. True Catholics believe in the apparitions, and the faith of those who do not is suspect in some way. Those drawn towards these apparitions tend to be conservative in outlook, the type of Catholic who might have been expected to defend the teaching of the Magisterium. Once such Catholics become “hooked” on an apparition all their efforts tend to be devoted to defending it and propagating it. They have thus been removed effectively from the battlefield for orthodoxy."

Please note that: "They have thus been removed effectively from the battlefield for orthodoxy". You have the Faith. You have approved private revelations like Paray-le-Monial (Sacred Heart) and Fatima (Immaculate Heart). What more do you need, unless you are just a sensation seeker?

Remember, Sister Lucia said to Fr Fuentes in 1957:- “The second reason is because She said to my cousins as well as to myself, that God is giving two last remedies to the world. These are the Holy Rosary and devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. These are the last two remedies which signify that there will be no others.” Silencing of the Messengers: Father Fuentes (1959 – 1965) | The Fatima Center