In less than 15 days, the Doctrine of the Faith has made three declarations since it published new norms for evaluating alleged supernatural events.
One was about Trevignano—a city in Italy. In a press conference, the prefect of the Dicastery stated this case is not in accordance with doctrine.
CARD. VÍCTOR MANUEL FERNÁNDEZ
Prefect, Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
In the case of Trevignano, the bishop received encouragement from our dicastery to act. We can now say that. Before, it was not mentioned. We can state it explicitly: he had the backing and encouragement to say it was not supernatural.
The department headed by Cardinal Fernández is also revealing and reaffirming what previous popes have said about alleged apparitions in previous decades.
For example, the second case, Pope Paul VI said the case of the alleged Marian apparitions in the 1940s in Amsterdam was not supernatural. Until now, this had not been public and now the Dicastery has reaffirmed the position of Pope Paul VI.
The alleged visionary had also stated Our Lady had revealed to her how Pope Pius XII died and that she had asked to be recognized as 'co-Redemptrix'.
Pope Francis has spoken about this type of request on several occasions. For example, during a Mass at Casa Santa Marta in 2020.
POPE FRANCIS
She did not ask to be a quasi-redemptrix or a co-redemptrix. No. There is only one redeemer. And this title is not repeated.
The third case deals with the messages of the Virgin Mary under the title of Mary Mystical Rose. These alleged apparitions were made to an Italian visionary between the 1940s and the 1970s.
The Vatican sent a letter to the bishop of the diocese stating there are no elements that contradict the Church's doctrine. And these messages has been approved by Pope Francis.
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