Cardinal Fernández: New Document on Discerning Apparitions ‘Being Finalized’
The last time the Vatican’s doctrinal office issued a general document on apparitions was in 1978, during the final months of the pontificate of Pope Paul VI.
The last time the Vatican’s doctrinal office issued a general document on apparitions was in 1978, during the final months of the pontificate of Pope Paul VI.
COMMENTARY: We are not infinite as God is infinite, of course, but our dignity is not quantifiable and is indeed radically open-ended, as we are raised by way of participation into God’s inner life.
ANALYSIS: The Vatican has addressed the topic before — but the new doctrine office head is expected to leave his distinctive mark on the forthcoming document.
The new document will be discussed during a press conference April 8 from Rome.
The prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith said a ‘new text’ had been recently prepared having already had ‘several versions.’
ANALYSIS: Only one visible presence has remained close to Pope Francis throughout the pontificate — Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández.
The cardinal asked that if Cardinal Fernández, as prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, ‘is committing a heresy by claiming a serious sin as ‘good,’ then shouldn't the prefect resign or be dismissed?’
Criticism of the document that authorized the blessing of same-sex couples is seen as unprecedented by some Church historians.
The comparison between spiritual experiences and sexual orgasms has raised serious concerns among scholars, such as Father Thomas Petri, the president of the Pontifical Faculty at the Dominican House of Studies.
The book was originally published in Mexico in 1998, when Cardinal Fernández was 36.
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