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Approved apparitions - such as Fatima - and LaSallette (i.e. the Immaculate Conception) are more than simple personal devotions (like a sacramental), they are confirmed by the Church, and sometimes guide it (as in the case of the Immaculate Conception dogmatic definition). To deny this - or cast dispersions on approved apparitions - is putting yourself above Holy Mother the Church - a position you do not possess regardless of your delusions.

[sinkspur]

To deny this - or cast dispersions on approved apparitions - is putting yourself above Holy Mother the Church - a position you do not possess regardless of your delusions.

Apparitions are private devotions. Period.

Belief in private devotions, while possibly beneficial spiritually, are, nevertheless, not necessary for salvation and not part of the deposit of faith.

The Church's approval of an apparition is not an endorsement of said apparition.