Holy Father to soon issue "handbook" to deal with apparition claims

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EDIT: This post may be updated as I get emails which more clearly translate this. Some clarifications have already been added thanks to a reader who provided them.
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The Italian journal Petrus has an exclusive article about a handbook to be made public and distributed to all bishops by Pope Benedict XVI for dealing with claims of apparitions (and I’m sure private revelations in general). The headline provided by google translator gives us “crackdown” where I’m told that in Italian, “giro di vite” translates into “turn of the screw”. Crackdown, clampdown, screw-tightenting - you get the idea.
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After spending so much time getting some points into English, this is absolutely brilliant on the part of Pope Benedict XVI, and so…Pope Benedict-like.
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Read the rest here.

This is good, very good, and I’m sure it’ll help the Church in cracking down on apparitions and helping Catholics to not be fooled by false seers and apparitions.

But, (yes, there is a but) it will not completely prevent false seers or apparitions from sprouting up, nor prevent all Catholics from promoting and following false seers or apparitions. For these souls, we must pray and make sacrifce for their conversions.

I’m not sure how many Catholics are aware, but there is an old document on apparition, issued by the Church, and since that did not prevent the spread of false mysticism, I’m sure this book won’t. If anything, the book will only educate, not eliminate - not that books could actually eliminate anything at all, of course.

I know some people will say, “Well, it’s because nobody knew about the Criteria that false apparitions came and went,” however that would a false notion, because there are certainly Catholics who know the gospel but don’t live it, and who know the rubrics of the Mass but don’t follow it, and who know various documents but don’t apply them to their life. So it’s not absolutely a matter of ignorance, but one of indifference as well. And how do you solve ignorance and indifference? Prayer and sacrifice.
 
My first reaction to this is to wonder why this is needed. Catholic bishops involved in deciding about such “apparitions” have always handled them very well, as far as I have seen, and there is already published advice. No doubt though there is good reason for this new document.
The idea of a crackdown is ridiculous, since I presume that this document doesn’t change the ordinary procedure in dealing with such claims, but simply provides the traditional guidelines.
Of course, there have been apparitions of Mary and one important one in Africa got approval from the Church just 10 years ago. I would expect that this document shows the way the Church have given its approval, and not only show that it calls for caution when it comes to such claims.
 
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Read the rest here.

This is good, very good, and I’m sure it’ll help the Church in cracking down on apparitions and helping Catholics to not be fooled by false seers and apparitions…
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I agree with you, and also with the source you cited, Diane M. Korzeniewski: “This is HUGE!” (exactly like that!) It is huge. For those who have been following all the goings on with these false apparitions and false prophets… the dragnet is about to be pulled! I highly recommend Rick Salbato’s website and then when you read the booklet compare it to what he has been saying all along.
 
…perhaps your understanding of the Spanish language is greater than mine…

That the disunity is disturbing, but not insurmountable-this will be addressed.
The entire point is to diffuse some of the misunderstandings, to quell the sensationalizing of articles that project a particular slant.

{…opening one’s heart to Jesus, praying the Rosary, offering up penance for the sins of ourselves and the world.
…praying for the union of all Christians and the conversions of all hearts to Jesus.
… making the Celebration of Mass, with real participation in the Sacrifice of and the humble reception of Holy Eucharistic
none of these are against the Church’s teaching}
 
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