Controversial angels’ order given Vatican OK

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Controversial angels’ order given Vatican OK

Rome, Italy, Nov 5, 2010 / 05:53 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Vatican’s top doctrine office says a once-controversial association the promotes veneration of the angels is now in full conformity with Church teaching.
Opus Sanctorum Angelorum (Work of the Holy Angels) was founded by Gabriele Bitterlich, an Austrian woman who claimed to have received visions of the angels, including their names and their functions in Heaven.

The Vatican began investigating the movement shortly after her death in 1978, when certain followers, including priests and nuns, began circulating sensational theories of “spiritual warfare” between angels and demons based on her visions.
Since 1992, the group has been under the authority of a Vatican appointed overseer, Dominican Father Benoit Duroux, who handed over his responsibilities to his fellow Dominican Fr. Daniel Ols in March 2010.

In a letter issued to the world’s bishops Nov. 4, the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith pronounced Father Duroux’s work to be a “success.”
“Today, thanks to the obedience of its members, the Opus Angelorum can be considered to be living loyally and serenely in conformity with the doctrine of the Church and with canonical and liturgical law,” the Vatican said.
“Therefore, in its present state, the Opus Angelorum is a public association of the Church in conformity with traditional doctrine and with the directives of the Holy See.”
The ruling means that local bishops can welcome the Opus Angelorum in their dioceses. The movement is largely confined to Austria and Germany, but there is a U.S. branch based in Detroit.

I’ve read about this group & that they sound they & their teachings sound rather . . . quirky. Good to know they are now in good standing.