Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Jesuit Archbishop To Review Guidelines On The Catholic Supernatural

The Pope has instructed the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, to draw up a new handbook to help bishops discern heavenly apparitions.

Benedict XVI plans to update the Vatican's current rules on investigating apparitions to help distinguish between true and false claims of visions of Jesus and the Virgin Mary, messages, stigmata, weeping and bleeding statues and Eucharistic miracles.

Monsignor Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, a respected Spanish Jesuit archbishop, has been placed in charge of drawing up the handbook, known as a "vademecum", which will update the current rules set in 1978.

According to Petrus, an Italian online magazine which leans towards conservative elements in the Vatican, anyone who claims to have seen an apparition will only be believed as long as they remain silent and do not court publicity over their claims. If they refuse to obey, this will be taken as a sign that their claims are false.

A bit on Jesuits and the supernatural (here) in France in the 19th century

The Sacred Heart of Jesus (here)

The Divine Mercy of Jesus (here)

Link (here)

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