Some Internet sites promote apparitions which are not yet accepted by the Church. In loyalty to Mater Ecclesia, this web site only endorses private revelations which have received the approval of Church authorities. The following are links to official documents which present the Church's stance on some widely-reported alleged apparitions, along with other valuable information.
Garabandal update (Bishop Santander's November 1996 statement regarding this alleged apparition).
Our Lady of Medjugorje? (from The Catholic Pages)
Answers about Medjugorje
Bishop's Official Word on Medjugorje
Holy See Cautions the Faithful
What's Really Happening in Medjugorje
Vatican Press office Statement on Medjugorje
Notification on Vassula Ryden from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, October 6, 1995
Congregation Communique on Private Revelations, November 29, 1996 (must roll page down a bit to get to it)
The Church has positively condemned the following two apparitions as false. Here are links to relevant Church documents.
Letter from Bishop Burke (Scanned as a gif; takes a while to download)
Declaration Concerning the "Bayside Movement" by Francis J. Mugavero, former Bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn.
Bayside Apparitions: Warning from Catholic Replies
If you find any dead links on this page, please email me at jmscott@catholic.org.
Only dead links or comments, please. Do not send any unsolicited commmercial email (spam) to this address! I will only answer personal email about the site.
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