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POST VATICAN II
Dr. Anthony
Tambasco, a specialist in Marian
theology at
Georgetown University
in Washington, D.C., said, "Apparitions are always
optional. My theory is if an apparition helps, go
for it. If it doesn't help, get to what's
important."
Unapproved
apparitions were taking place in Necedah, Wisconsin
until 1985 and up to the present (1991) in Bayside,
New York.
From ROSES,
the publication from Bayside, 6/30/84. "Regarding
apparitions that have not been approved by the
Church, Pope Urban VIII, who reigned upon the
throne of Peter from 1623 to 1644, once had this to
say, `In cases like this (apparitions), it is
better to believe than not to believe, for, if you
believe and it is proven true, you will be happy
that you believed, because our Holy Mother asked
it. If you believe, and it should be proven false,
you will receive all blessings as if it had been
true, because you believed it to be true."
A decree took
effect on 3/29/67, abrogating Canon 1399 which
prohibited publication of books that dealt with
unapproved revelations, visions, prophecies and
miracles. Also abrogated was Canon 2318, which
carried penalties for those violating Canon 1399.
The decree was
signed by Cardinal Ottaviani and his Secretary. It
said, "It is permitted for Catholics to frequent
places of apparitions, even those not recognized by
the Ordinaries of the diocese or by the Holy
Father."
LIST OF FAMOUS APPARITIONS
1.
Guadaloupe, Mexico. 1531. To Juan Diego, an Indian,
on whose garment a miraculous life-sized picture of
Mary appeared.
2.
LaSalette, France. 1846. To two peasant children.
Mary told them the importance of penitence.
3.
Lourdes, France. 1858. To 14-year-old Bernadette
Soubirous. Mary identified herself as the
Immaculate Conception.
4.
Fatima, Portugal. 1917. To three peasant children.
The Immaculate Heart of Mary promoted, prayer of
Rosary and scapular and conversion of Russia.
5.
Beauraing, Belgium. 1932/33. To five children.
6.
Banneaux, Belgium. 1933. To an 11-year-old
peasant girl. Mary called herself the Virgin of the
Poor.
7.
Medjugorje, Yugoslavia. 1981-present. to six young
people; presently (1991) to four of the original
six. Mary is giving the seers some of 10 secret
messages regarding world events. (Not approved by
the Church)
8.
Conyers, Georgia. Although not approved yet by
the Church, this is billed as a continuation of
Fatima, with Mary's appearances now restricted to
once a year, on October 13, the anniversary of the
last Fatima appearance.
From Catholic
Web Sites
http://web.frontier.net/Apparitions/apparitions.html
Ten apparitions from
the 19th century and 75 from the 20th century are
listed (the vast majority of these are not yet
approved by the Church). 75% of them were to women
and/or children. Since 1987, 28 were listed. Mary
was supposed to have appeared in twelve different
countries. American RCs have, by far, the greatest
proportion of the apparitions. Although only
comprising about 6% of the world's Catholic
population, over half of the apparitions came to
America
From Secular Journals
BARRETT STATION,
TEXAS.
From OUTREACH, "A
NEWSLETTER FOR
CHRISTIAN
TRANSFORMATION" Vol.
2, No. 2, December 1988. "More than 1,000 people
have flocked to a suburban firewood yard since
Christmas Eve, sometimes standing vigil until dawn,
to see a glowing light and what some claim to be
images of the Virgin Mary or Jesus.
"The reported appearance
of a light amid logs and stacks of bundled firewood
has drawn increasingly larger crowds each night of
this predominantly black community a few miles
northeast of Houston."
Boston Hospital and the pope
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