Jaime Cardinal Sin was a Filipino. I think in his later years he was a bit dotty. Yours is not the first story I've seen which would indicate that was the case.
Well, those two books definitely threw a monkey wrench into my painfully arrived at route to sanctity. Only believe what is approved by the church. Only read books (for spiritual purposes) approved by the church. Only go to masses approved by the church. Stay away from flaky people who promote Medjugorje, Vassula, a long, long list of things I found out the hard way not to get involved in.
It turns out that my road map to sanctity turned into a minefield.
m4629 will love this, but there was one article in the NCR that I really liked. It was about Juan Diego and how he very likely didn't exist (backed up by scholarly research and testimony of some priests and others).
I turned into the one thing I dreaded most. Being a cafeteria catholic. I had to pick and choose after all.