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To: HapaxLegamenon
In any case I doubt think any Catholic can doubt Fatima!

First of all, I never said anything about Fatima. I actually have a great devotion to Our Lady of Fatima and believe that she was instrumental in the defeat of atheistic communism. The apparitions at Fatima have been investigated by the Church and found worthy of belief. I don't see how that relates in any way to something the visionary allegedly sees later in life and that is reported by a Pope-hating schismatic. I will still wait for the proper authorities to make a statement. We are not obliged to believe in every single apparition that comes down the pike, and in fact the Church has declared some apparitions dangerous. Second of all, any well catechized Catholic will tell you that the faithful are not obliged to give the assent of faith to private revelations, which are merely optional aids to faith. There is only one public revelation which ended with the death of the last apostle, John the Evangelist, and in fact no true private revelation can contradict the content of the faith.

151 posted on 10/07/2001 7:59:16 PM PDT by Unam Sanctam
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To: Unam Sanctam
Dear Unum Sanctam,
Why the vemon? And why are you accepting Fr. Dehnist's false theory deviding "true Fatima" (1917) from "false Fatima" (all that came later) The Pope has said this is wrong. I suppose you think Sr. Lucy at some point started lying. Maybe it was the vision of hell.

I do not know about Mike Matt. But I do know that the Diocese Report is respected, and is not to be linked with schismatics. The only schismatics are those regarded as such by the Church. Now I doubt, as you suggest, that the Ecclesia Dei orders are schimatics, since the Pope himself is the author of Ecclesia Dei.

Furthmore, I cannot imagine why a Catholic who is told to Pray the Rosary on the Feast of the Rosary, would have to wait and see if they get a fax from Rome before the could decide whether it is a good idea

168 posted on 10/07/2001 8:27:25 PM PDT by HapaxLegamenon
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