DEFINITIVE STATEMENTS ON GARABANDAL THE LOCAL ORDINARY (1967) THE HOLY SEE (1970) THE PREVIOUS LOCAL ORDINARY (1996) THE LAST LOCAL ORDINARY (2022) THE CURRENT LOCAL ORDINARY HAS NOT YET COMMENTED The …More
DEFINITIVE STATEMENTS ON GARABANDAL
THE LOCAL ORDINARY (1967)
THE HOLY SEE (1970)
THE PREVIOUS LOCAL ORDINARY (1996)
THE LAST LOCAL ORDINARY (2022)
THE CURRENT LOCAL ORDINARY HAS NOT YET COMMENTED
The 1967 statement: The Catholic Transcript 23 May 1969 — The Catholic News Archive
SACRA CONGREGATIO PRO DOCTRINA FIDEI (Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith) Protocol No: 1065/64 Roma, 21 April 1970. Piazza del S. Uffizio, 11. Your Excellency: This office has received your letter of April 8, 1970, in which you expressed justifiable apprehension about the diffusion of the Garabandal movement in your Archdiocese and in which you asked for clear and reliable guidelines from the Holy See for dealing with this phenomenon. The Holy See shares your preoccupation about the manifest and increasing confusion due to the diffusion of this movement among the faithful and desires with this letter to clarify its position on the matter. This Sacred Congregation, despite requests from various …More
THE LOCAL ORDINARY (1967)
THE HOLY SEE (1970)
THE PREVIOUS LOCAL ORDINARY (1996)
THE LAST LOCAL ORDINARY (2022)
THE CURRENT LOCAL ORDINARY HAS NOT YET COMMENTED
The 1967 statement: The Catholic Transcript 23 May 1969 — The Catholic News Archive
SACRA CONGREGATIO PRO DOCTRINA FIDEI (Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith) Protocol No: 1065/64 Roma, 21 April 1970. Piazza del S. Uffizio, 11. Your Excellency: This office has received your letter of April 8, 1970, in which you expressed justifiable apprehension about the diffusion of the Garabandal movement in your Archdiocese and in which you asked for clear and reliable guidelines from the Holy See for dealing with this phenomenon. The Holy See shares your preoccupation about the manifest and increasing confusion due to the diffusion of this movement among the faithful and desires with this letter to clarify its position on the matter. This Sacred Congregation, despite requests from various …More
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As for those who promote these things – an important document was issued by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in November 1996 and placed in L'Osservatore Romano. It stated:
“Regarding the circulation of texts of alleged private revelations, the Congregation states: The interpretation given by some individuals to a decision approved by Paul VI on 14 October 1966 and promulgated on 15…More
As for those who promote these things – an important document was issued by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in November 1996 and placed in L'Osservatore Romano. It stated:
“Regarding the circulation of texts of alleged private revelations, the Congregation states: The interpretation given by some individuals to a decision approved by Paul VI on 14 October 1966 and promulgated on 15 November of that year, in virtue of which writings and messages resulting from alleged revelations could be freely circulated in the Church is absolutely groundless. This decision actually referred to the “Abolition of the Index of Forbidden Books” and determined that after the relevant censures were lifted, the moral obligation still remained of not circulating or reading those writings which endanger faith and morals. It should be recalled however, that with regard to the circulation of texts of alleged private revelations, Canon 823#1 of the current code remains in force: “the Pastors of the Church have the … right to demand that writings to be published by the Christian faithful which touch upon faith or morals be submitted to their judgement”. Alleged supernatural revelations and writings concerning them are submitted in first instance to the judgement of the diocesan Bishop, and in particular cases, to the judgement of the Episcopal Conference and the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.”
In a speech reported in the 18th September 1996 edition of L’Osservatore Romano, Pope John Paul II stated: “Some members of the People of God are not rooted firmly enough in the Faith, so that the sects, with their deceptive proselytism, mislead them to separate themselves from true communion in Christ. Within the Church community, the multiplication of supposed “apparitions” or “visions” is sowing confusion and reveals a certain lack of solid basis to the faith and Christian life among her members.”
“Regarding the circulation of texts of alleged private revelations, the Congregation states: The interpretation given by some individuals to a decision approved by Paul VI on 14 October 1966 and promulgated on 15 November of that year, in virtue of which writings and messages resulting from alleged revelations could be freely circulated in the Church is absolutely groundless. This decision actually referred to the “Abolition of the Index of Forbidden Books” and determined that after the relevant censures were lifted, the moral obligation still remained of not circulating or reading those writings which endanger faith and morals. It should be recalled however, that with regard to the circulation of texts of alleged private revelations, Canon 823#1 of the current code remains in force: “the Pastors of the Church have the … right to demand that writings to be published by the Christian faithful which touch upon faith or morals be submitted to their judgement”. Alleged supernatural revelations and writings concerning them are submitted in first instance to the judgement of the diocesan Bishop, and in particular cases, to the judgement of the Episcopal Conference and the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.”
In a speech reported in the 18th September 1996 edition of L’Osservatore Romano, Pope John Paul II stated: “Some members of the People of God are not rooted firmly enough in the Faith, so that the sects, with their deceptive proselytism, mislead them to separate themselves from true communion in Christ. Within the Church community, the multiplication of supposed “apparitions” or “visions” is sowing confusion and reveals a certain lack of solid basis to the faith and Christian life among her members.”