{"id":1277,"date":"2016-01-09T09:36:10","date_gmt":"2016-01-09T14:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.free-rosary.net\/?p=1277"},"modified":"2016-01-09T09:36:10","modified_gmt":"2016-01-09T14:36:10","slug":"borg-in-nadur-apparitions-of-the-virgin-mary-not-divine-in-origin-curia-says-decree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.free-rosary.net\/?p=1277","title":{"rendered":"Borg in-Nadur apparitions of the Virgin Mary &#8216;not divine in origin,&#8217; Curia says-Decree"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Borg in-Nadur apparitions of the Virgin Mary &#8216;not divine in origin,&#8217; Curia says<\/h1>\n<p>Self-styled mystic Angelik Caruana, a father of four who works as a receptionist at a home for the elderly in Floriana, attracted a group of followers\u00a0when he claimed that a statue of the Virgin in his home was weeping tears of blood and oozing oil.<\/p>\n<div class=\"user\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.maltatoday.com.mt\/ui_frontend\/profile_thumbnail\/50\/50\/matthew_agius_zoom.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"name\">Matthew Agius<\/div>\n<div class=\"date\">9 January 2016, 12:02pm<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"small_share\">\n<div class=\"print_version\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maltatoday.com.mt\/printversion\/60996\/\" target=\"_target\">Print Version<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_16x16_style\"><a class=\"addthis_button_expanded\" title=\"View more services\" href=\"http:\/\/www.maltatoday.com.mt\/news\/national\/60996\/angeliks_apparitions_not_divine_in_origin_says_curia#\" target=\"_blank\">0<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"atclear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe class=\"\" title=\"fb:like Facebook Social Plugin\" src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?action=like&amp;app_id=585295781547506&amp;channel=http%3A%2F%2Fstaticxx.facebook.com%2Fconnect%2Fxd_arbiter.php%3Fversion%3D42%23cb%3Df3b68e134a33ccc%26domain%3Dwww.maltatoday.com.mt%26origin%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.maltatoday.com.mt%252Ff228700b0acb78e%26relation%3Dparent.parent&amp;container_width=0&amp;font=arial&amp;href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.maltatoday.com.mt%2Fnews%2Fnational%2F60996%2Fangeliks_apparitions_not_divine_in_origin_says_curia&amp;layout=box_count&amp;locale=en_US&amp;ref=.VpEWjadBjvH.like&amp;sdk=joey&amp;send=false&amp;share=false&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=55\" name=\"fee214a063bbb6\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div id=\"pageContainer1\" class=\"page\" data-loaded=\"true\" data-page-number=\"1\">\n<div class=\"textLayer\">\n<div data-canvas-width=\"58.53039999999999\">DECREE<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"386.16079999999994\">REGARDING THE ALLEGED MYSTICAL PHENOMENA<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"433.7248\">ASSOCIATED WITH MR AN\u0120ELIK CARUANA AND BOR\u0120 IN<\/div>\n<div>&#8211;<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"57.113599999999984\">NADUR<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"755.0178000000002\">During the last years, various members of the Christian faithful have asked the Ecclesiastical Authorities to<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"171.34520000000006\">pronounce the definitive<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"37.814800000000005\">judge<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"35.9224\">ment<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"506.1340000000002\">of the Church regarding the alleged apparitions, the alleged messages and<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"141.23280000000005\">the alleged mystical<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"242.27700000000007\">phenomena associated with Mr An<\/div>\n<div>\u0121<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"362.1622\">elik Caruana, and associated as well, among others,<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"174.549\">with the locality known a<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"34.77700000000001\">s Bor<\/div>\n<div>\u0121<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"12.515000000000002\">in<\/div>\n<div>&#8211;<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"148.73600000000002\">Nadur and with the p<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"131.62140000000002\">rivate residence of<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"77.854\">the said An<\/div>\n<div>\u0121<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"125.5624\">elik Caruana, both<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"17.529600000000002\">of<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"61.669000000000004\">which lie<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"443.054\">within the territorial limits of the Parish of St Peter \u201cin chains\u201d,<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"18.581133333333337\">Bir<\/div>\n<div>\u017c<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"34.4782\">ebbu<\/div>\n<div>\u0121<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"171.74360000000004\">a, in this Archdiocese of<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"43.74100000000001\">Malta.<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"233.32959999999997\">Having considered the thorough<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"93.4082\">investigations<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"41.9316\">made<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"175.13000000000002\">on all the circumstances<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"156.28900000000002\">regarding the case, w<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"19.6212\">hic<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"12.751600000000002\">h<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"135.24020000000004\">investigations were<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"68.7406\">instructed<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"442.24060000000026\">by my predecessor, Emeritus Archbishop Mgr Paul Cremona O.P.;<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"299.49720000000013\">Having carefully weighed the opinions of<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"451.4370000000002\">various experts from different fields of the natural and social<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"64.10920000000002\">sciences,<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"158.38060000000002\">and of other experts in<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"138.4108\">spiritual theology an<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"85.5564\">d Mariology;<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"281.80160000000006\">Taking into consideration the amount of<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"66.0514\">witnesses<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"39.674\">heard<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"38.4788\">, and<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"89.8226\">the fact that<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"83.26559999999999\">the said Mr<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"18.315\">An<\/div>\n<div>\u0121<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"84.5106\">elik Caruana<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"30.328200000000002\">was<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"319.35080000000005\">confronted with the result of the investigations<\/div>\n<div>;<\/div>\n<div>H<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"39.55780000000001\">aving<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"127.7868\">taken into account<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"409.0904\">the criteria and the norms promulgated by the Holy See reg<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"162.9456\">arding the discernment<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"278.7306000000001\">of presumed apparitions and revelations;<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"330.60560000000004\">After having consulted the College of Consultors;<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"476.38680000000016\">After having taken the advice of the Bishop of Gozo, Mgr Mario Grech;<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"200.7604\">BY MY PASTORAL AUTHORITY<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"61.25400000000001\">I DECREE<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"251.19119999999992\">THAT IN THIS CASE THE JUDGEMENT<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"110.95439999999998\">OF THE CHURCH<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"461.34719999999993\">REGARDING THE SAID ALLEGED APPARITIONS, ALLEGED MESSAGES,<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"312.59459999999996\">AND OTHER ALLEGED MYSTICAL PHENOMENA<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"248.96679999999998\">IS THAT THEIR ORIGIN IS NOT DIVINE<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"434.1895999999999\">AND THAT THEY ARE NOT TO BE REGARDED AS SUPERNATURAL:<\/div>\n<div>(<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"278.6974000000001\">CONSTAT DE NON SUPERNATURALITATE<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"9.383\">).<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"pageContainer2\" class=\"page\" data-loaded=\"true\" data-page-number=\"2\"><\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"92.42879999999998\">Consequently<\/div>\n<div>:<\/div>\n<div>&#8211;<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"46.994600000000005\">I order<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"390.00040000000007\">Presbyters, Male and Female Religious, Catechists and all<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"22.642400000000002\">the<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"222.4898\">Christian faithful to refrain from<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"271.19420000000014\">the promotion, in any way whatsoever,<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"17.529600000000002\">of<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"195.53140000000005\">the said alleged apparitions,<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"57.50239999999999\">the said<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"151.65760000000006\">alleged messages and<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"238.79100000000003\">other alleged mystical phenomena;<\/div>\n<div>&#8211;<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"56.6724\">I exhort<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"536.6780000000005\">the Christian Community in Malta to continue promoting the true devotion<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"88.24559999999998\">towards the<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"695.1084000000003\">Eucharist, towards the Blessed Virgin Mary, and towards the Saints according to the official Liturgy of<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"79.265\">the Church<\/div>\n<div>\u2013<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"364.1542000000001\">especially the celebration of the Mass and the Liturg<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"102.96979999999999\">y of the Hours<\/div>\n<div>\u2013<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"119.40380000000002\">and according to<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"694.8096000000002\">the forms of devotional prayer approved by the Church, in particular the devotion of the Way of the<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"293.32200000000006\">Cross and the recitation of the Holy Rosary;<\/div>\n<div>&#8211;<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"69.02280000000002\">I reiterate<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"430.50440000000026\">the clear teaching of Sacred Scripture and the Church as found i<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"86.8346\">n the text of<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"104.81239999999998\">The Catechism<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"204.76100000000005\">of the Catholic Church (nn. 65<\/div>\n<div>&#8211;<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"21.9792\">67)<\/div>\n<div>:<\/div>\n<div>*<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"154.7286\">Christ, the Son of God<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"474.89280000000025\">made man, is the Father\u2019s one, perfect and unsurpassable Word. In<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"471.50640000000016\">him he has said everything; there will be no other word than this one.<\/div>\n<div>*<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"218.38959999999997\">\u201cThe Christian economy, theref<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"416.74300000000005\">ore, since it is the new and definitive Covenant, will never<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"635.2488000000001\">pass away; and no new public revelation is to be expected before the glorious manifestation<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"349.3470000000001\">of our Lord Jesus Christ\u201d (Second Vatican Council,<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"80.62620000000001\">Dei Verbum<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"203.4828\">, 4). Yet even if Revelation is<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"72.32620000000003\">already co<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"563.0554000000001\">mplete, it has not been made completely explicit; it remains for Christian faith<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"472.3862000000002\">gradually to grasp its full significance over the course of the centuries.<\/div>\n<div>*<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"288.80680000000007\">Throughout the ages, there have been so<\/div>\n<div>&#8211;<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"341.14660000000003\">called \u201cprivate\u201d revelations, some of which have<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"80.54320000000003\">been recog<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"278.5978\">nized by the authority of the Church<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"262.7116000000001\">(e.g. Lourdes [1858]; Fatima [1917])<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"8.151566666666668\">;<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"634.9334000000001\">however, they do not belong to the deposit of the faith. It is not their role \u201cto improve\u201d or<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"474.01300000000026\">\u201ccomplete\u201d Christ\u2019s definitive Revelation in a certain period of history.<\/div>\n<div>*<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"331.5186\">Guided by the Magisterium of the Church, the<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"105.2274\">sensus fidelium<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"189.7214\">knows how to discern and<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"635.2820000000003\">welcome in these [private] revelations whatever constitutes an authentic call of Christ or his<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"140.6352\">Saints to the Church.<\/div>\n<div>*<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"358.8753999999999\">Christian faith cannot accept [private] \u201crevelations<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"242.57580000000002\">\u201d that claim to surpass or correct<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"26.5102\">the<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"345.9938\">[public] Revelation of which Christ is the fulfilment.<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"347.58740000000006\">Issued from the Archbishop\u2019s Curia, Malta, on the 6<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"9.270000000000001\">th<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"89.5404\">January 2016<\/div>\n<div>\uf058<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"143.27460000000002\">Charles Jude Scicluna<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"137.3982\">Archbishop of Malta<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"140.08740000000003\">(Mgr) Lawrence Gatt<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"140.08740000000003\">Chancellor<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"140.08740000000003\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maltatoday.com.mt\/ui\/files\/DECREE%20EN.pdf\">http:\/\/www.maltatoday.com.mt\/ui\/files\/DECREE%20EN.pdf<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Borg in-Nadur apparitions of the Virgin Mary &#8216;not divine in origin,&#8217; Curia says Self-styled mystic Angelik Caruana, a father of four who works as a receptionist at a home for the elderly in Floriana, attracted a group of followers\u00a0when he claimed that a statue of the Virgin in his home was weeping tears of blood &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.free-rosary.net\/?p=1277\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Borg in-Nadur apparitions of the Virgin Mary &#8216;not divine in origin,&#8217; Curia says-Decree<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.free-rosary.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.free-rosary.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.free-rosary.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.free-rosary.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.free-rosary.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1277"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.free-rosary.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1278,"href":"http:\/\/www.free-rosary.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1277\/revisions\/1278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.free-rosary.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.free-rosary.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.free-rosary.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}