[Siobhan]

Unfortunately, in today's climate one wonders whether or not to believe a bishop at all....

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

Interesting post. I've never heard of this before. I've always felt a little left out here in America because we don't have any Lourdes or Fatimas. We could surely use some Divine help and inspiration now.

[Catholicguy]

Have these two Bishops beeen accused of nefarious activities? It appears to me it is the "seers" who are not trustworthy.

But, your post points to a fear that I have about all these alleged messages, apparitons etc. I think they do tend to undermine the Hierarchy as established by Jesus. If Mary really has appeared over 26,000 times at Medjugorje, then it must mean that the Bishops and the Pope have been rendered superfluous and we can rely on Heaven directly.

Mary, the seers say, contradicted the Pope about a priest he had suspended a divinis. Now, just how many folks are there, do you think, that will think Mary does oppose the Pope and has authority over him?

These false apparitions have mushroomed since the 1960's and people do seek for signs and that is not spiritually healthy. The last thing we need is more confusion and diffusion and confused lines of authority within the Body of Christ