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“Private” in the theological sense means not part of the deposit of faith once and for all delivered to the apostles in the first century. In other words, later “private” revelations are not part of the general “public” revelation given to the apostles.Doesn’t sound very private to me.
From the Catechism of the Catholic Church:
From the pre-Vatican II reference by Ludwig Ott, Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma:**67 **Throughout the ages, there have been so-called “private” revelations, some of which have been recognized by the authority of the Church. They do not belong, however, to the deposit of faith. It is not their role to improve or complete Christ’s definitive Revelation, but to help live more fully by it in a certain period of history. Guided by the Magisterium of the Church, the sensus fidelium knows how to discern and welcome in these revelations whatever constitutes an authentic call of Christ or his saints to the Church.
Christian faith cannot accept “revelations” that claim to surpass or correct the Revelation of which Christ is the fulfillment, as is the case in certain non-Christian religions and also in certain recent sects which base themselves on such “revelations”.
You can accept Fatima if you so choose. But the Church does not include this as an object of Catholic faith.With Christ and the Apostles General Revelation concluded. (sent. certa.)
Pope Pius X rejected the liberal Protestant and Modernistic doctrine of the evolution of religion through “New Revelations.” Thus he condemned the proposition that: "The Revelation, which is the object of Catholic Faith, was not terminated with the Apostles." D 2021.