The 1951 Pius XII Decree saying the Mediatrix apparition is not “of supernatural origin” was never formally promulgated, making it INVALID and NON-BINDING. This implies that all the Vatican policies in suppressing Mediatrix devotion for 70 long years are also invalid. Also, the results of the Vatican investigation of the Mediatrix apparition was manipulated and altered by order of the Vatican back in 1951. We present here the evidence proving the anomaly.
We are asking the Vatican, under the auspices of the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith (CDF), the office tasked with investigating Marian apparitions, now headed by newly appointed Prefect Archbishop Victor Manuel Fernandez, to please investigate this, rectify and report findings on this situation in the name of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Philippine Church, and Filipino Marian devotees.
PLEASE READ THE APPEAL TO POPE FRANCIS TO RESTORE THE MEDIATRIX BASED ON THIS INVALID 1951 PAPAL DECREE =
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Updated September 19, 2023 – Archives tr411v6
By Bernie V. Lopez, eastwindreplyctr@gmail.com
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In 1948, the Blessed Virgin appeared to visionary Sister Teresing Castillo, a novice of the Carmelite Sisters of Lipa City in Batangas. The Virgin told her she was to be called “Our Lady Mediatrix of All Grace”.
In 1951, the Vatican, under the auspices of the Dicastery, or the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy See, now called the CDF, reported that Pope Pius XII issued a decree “with finality” that the Mediatrix apparitions were of “no supernatural character or origin”.
It was later discovered that the Pope Pius XII Decree was MISSING AND NON-EXISTENT. It was not registered in the official Vatican publication, the Acta Apostolicae Sedis, a requirement in Canon Law for the decree to be binding. The Dicastery issued the same decree on its own, but only the Papal Decree was binding.
The Dicastery reported in its Protocol 226/1949 that “This decision was confirmed by His Holiness, Pope Pius XII, on 29 March 1951.” Either the Pope confirmed it verbally but never acted on it, or the Dicastery was lying, because the decree was never entered into the Acta Apostolicae Sedis.
The Dicastery Manipulated Mediatrix Investigation.
In 1951, the Dicastery formed a committee of eight Filipino Bishops, led by Bishop Rufino Santos, to investigate the Mediatrix apparitions.
All the eight Bishops reported that the apparitions were authentic. But, on presumed orders of the Dicastery, they were reportedly coerced by the Papal Nuncio Egidio Vagnozzi, into changing their decisions to non-authentic under threats of excommunication.
This was discovered years later when one of the Bishops, in his death bed, admitted that they were coerced and that he was changing his decision back to ‘authentic’, witnessed and reported by relatives. The Dicastery must interview surviving Bishops soonest before they all die, to verify the truth.
70-year Vatican Suppression of Mediatrix Devotion.
The non-existent Papal decree and the manipulated investigation results became the basis of an intense 70-year Vatican campaign to suppress the Mediatrix, from 1951 to the present. The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) and the Diocese of Lipa had no choice but to follow the Vatican, or face schism against the Papacy.
The suppression involved the destruction of statues (the original is now in the cloistered apparition site of the Carmelites Sisters), the burning of miraculous rose petal which healed many (remnants are kept by devotees in a secret place), the burning of the diary of Sr. Teresing (she wrote a second diary, available in the Internet), and the burning of religious materials such as novena pamphlets.
Sr. Teresing was secretly grilled and forced to deny the apparitions in the University of Santo Tomas (UST) compound, but she never gave in. The Vatican suppressed pro-Mediatrix prelates, especially of the Lipa diocese – Bishop Alfredo Versoza (1877-1954), Bishop Alfredo Obviar (1889-1978), and Archbishop Emeritus Ramon Arguelles (1944-present), who were either forced to resign or exiled to remote dioceses. The Vatican changed the prioress of the Carmelite Sisters frequently, and momentarily banned new novices. The entire Philippine Church, cardinals, bishops, priests, and nuns, were forced into silence.
This suppression was perpetrated for seven decades by succeeding members of the Dicastery, who had lived and died. It was as if Dicastery officials were agents of Satan, who was intent in suppressing Marian devotion.
But the Virgin launched a series of miracles everywhere, and never lost her followers. Mediatrix devotion flourished. Read about the miracles. Browse through the mini-library below.
Triumph of the Virgin over the Vatican.
With the suppression by the Vatican of Filipino prelates, the Laity took over, whom the Vatican could not coerce. The birth of the Confraternity of Mary Mediatrix of All Grace led to the rapid spread nationwide of Mediatrix devotion, out of reach of the Vatican. The resilient Filipino Marian devotees became the ally of the Virgin.
About 120 life-size Mediatrix statues were distributed to dioceses nationwide. The Confraternity established dozens of chapters nationwide. The most active included Cebu, Iloilo, Guimaras, Kidapawan, Davao City, General Trias, Jaro, to name a few.
Mediatrix devotion consists of two tiers – first is the Confraternity, a highly-organized group of educated and articulate professionals, catalysts to reach the masses. Second are the masses, the millions of workers, clerks, farmers, fishermen, simple humble church goers, not so organized, not so educated but plentiful and devoted. They number about four million nationwide today, according to an over-active Confraternity leader, based on her records.
In their campaigns from diocese to diocese, Confraternity chapters estimate that about 98% of bishops, priests and nuns believe in the Mediatrix apparitions but in silence.
The Confraternity chapters have a strategy to deal with Vatican suppression. They will suffer and ignore the suppressions in silence, discern the will of the Lord and Our Lady, focus on their Marian devotion, and pray, pray, pray, especially for the Pope, the Vatican, the CBCP, and the Filipino Marian devotees to be steadfast.
The irony of it all was – the more they suppressed Marian devotion, the faster it grew, spreading like wildfire. The Virgin has triumphed over Satan with the help of bull-headed Filipino devotees.
I will put enmity between you (Satan) and the Woman (Mary), and between your offspring (demons) and hers (Jesus). Her offspring will crush your head and you will bruise His heel.” Genesis 3:15.
A huge red dragon stood before the Woman about to give birth, to devour her Child. She gave birth to a Son destined to rule all nations. In utter rage, the serpent waged war against the rest of her offsprings, those bearing witness to the Son born of Her womb.” Revelation 11:1-17 (excerpts).
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