Visionaries

[Redeemerslove]

As for the credibility of the “apparitions” in question, this Dicastery respects what was decided by the bishops of the former Yugoslavia in the Declaration of Zadar, April 10, 1991: “On the basis of the investigations so far, it can not be affirmed that one is dealing with supernatural apparitions and revelations.”

franciscan-archive.org/bvm/cdf.html

Who does the CDF defer to this in statement, the local bishop? Nope. At the time the invested authority was in the National Conference of Catholic Bishops of Yogslavia, but since jurisdictional authority has been removed from national conferences in 1999, I believe, the matter was ceded to the CDF.

What does this mean? The CDF is now in charge, and none of the local bishops has any authority to decide such matters. So we, as with the decrees on Fatima, wait for the CDF’s opinion. Not bishop Zanic or the local bishops, the CDF and the CDF alone.

Sure they can express their personal opinions, but personal opinions are not binding on anyone.

 

[Redeemerslove]

faithbound:

I’m just wondering why the Pope does’nt know about these revelations given to visionaries. I’m thinking, and I may be going out on a limb here but would’nt Jesus let his vicar know whats going on with these visionaries?

The Pope knows. But unlike American culture, the Vatican is not impatient. See you in twenty years when the decision is finally made, and the visions are finally over. They must be over, completed, finished, done, no more, ended, finit, nada, nix, before any judgement can be rendered. They are not done yet, hence they cannot be judged.

You cannot render judgement on something which is ongoing. That is like trying to define the bible before the epistles were completed.

 

[Paul_Stephens]

Medjugorje is a private revelation that has not been
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