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Fr. Raymond J. de Souza: 4 Features of the Vatican’s New Documents on Apparitions – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Fr. Raymond J. de Souza: 4 Features of the Vatican’s New Documents on Apparitions

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English: St. James Church in Međugorje. Polski: Kościół św. Jakuba w Međugorje. August 4, 2006. Author Mariusz Musiał. Public domain. I, the copyright holder of this work, release this work into the public domain.

By Father Raymond J. de Souza, EWTN News, May 17, 2024

Father Raymond J. de Souza is the founding editor of Convivium magazine.

 

COMMENTARY: The new norms make no mention of Medjugorje, but it would be fair speculation to think that they were designed to make reaching a conclusion about Medjugorje easier.

Father Raymond J. de SouzaApparitions and extraordinary spiritual phenomena are not necessary for salvation, but they can be spiritually fruitful. A new document from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) attempts to guide bishops in preserving the spiritual fruit while not having to take a position on the supernatural integrity of the phenomena itself.

The document, entitled “Norms for Proceeding in the Discernment of Alleged Supernatural Phenomena,” replaces the procedures put in place by Pope St. Paul VI in 1978. The new norms and their introduction by Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the DDF, make no mention of Medjugorje; however, it seems likely that the claimed apparitions there — which began soon after the 1978 norms, in 1981 — influenced the 2024 document. Medjugorje was addressed in the press conference presenting the document. …

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