On Ratzinger's and Tucho's omissions regarding private revelations
A Conspicuous Omission in the New DDF Document on Private Revelation - Guest Article
How often have we heard, concerning supernatural phenomena: “The faithful are not obliged to give an assent of faith to them,” or concerning a private revelation: “Its use is not obligatory”?
Such language, taken from the recent document “
Listening to the Spirit Who Works in the Faithful People of God” released by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, May 17, 2024, is no doubt familiar.
While I am no dissenter from the authoritative teaching of the Church, and I accept the DDF document as magisterial, I am nonetheless concerned that an important aspect of our Catholic Tradition is harmfully overlooked in it.
Is it true that
As the DDF document rightly points out, “no new public revelation is to be expected before the glorious manifestation of our Lord Jesus Christ.” Certainly we’ve heard this before—the Deposit of Faith was closed at the death of the last Apostle. But does this mean that no private revelation is ever obligatory?
Was not the Bishop of Guadalupe under some …