Apparitions

Second Edition of My Fátima Book

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Hello Everyone!

It is with great joy that I announce the publication of the second edition of my book On the Third Part of the Secret of Fátima.

What are some of the new features?

  1. Some chapters were completely gutted.
    • Chapter 2 is now a study of the structure of the Secret, which is a very foundational chapter for the rest of the book.
    • Chapter 7 is now a study of Cardinal Capovilla in relation to the third part of the Secret. It offers some critiques and challenges to developments from 2005/2006 onward with respect to the disclosures from Antonio Socci and Solideo Paolini.
    • Chapter 9 is now about Fátima and apostasy.
    • Chapter 13 is based upon the six-part webinar I did in 2021, but with some changes and modifications.
  2. There are now PICTURES!!!
  3. The book is about 400 pages, nearly 200 less than the first edition.
    • Some materials will be made available as PDFs via the book’s page on the En Route Books and Media site.
    • The URL addresses were left out of the footnotes and placed in the Bibliography.
  4. I’ve also taken into consideration some new information since 2017. I’ve also made a few disclosures of my own that contribute to the ongoing discussion.

I’m grateful to all who have helped me with this new edition. A few people who deserve special thanks are Bernardo Motta and Victor de Alencar Britto who helped me through some finer elements of the Portuguese language. I’d also like to thank Enrique Aguilar for the stunning cover design, and to Jimmy Akin for some feedback on a critical question.

The book is available on Amazon as a hardback ($29.95), paperback ($24.95), and Kindle ($9.99).

Spirit Daily, New Norms and Our Lady of America

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For the past few days, Michael Brown has carried an article over on Spirit Daily about the case of Our Lady of America and the new Vatican Norms on alleged apparitions. Here is how the SD front page looks like as of today (May 29):

The link (highlighted in the above image) asks if the “New Vatican rules on apparitions confer approval on U.S. one?” When you click the link, Brown discusses the “Our Lady of America” alleged apparition that received a negative judgment. This decision came under the previous Vatican Norms from 1978, which were then in effect.

On May 17, the Vatican promulgated new Norms that supersede the 1978 Norms. Michael Brown is now wondering if the Our Lady of America case now enjoys some kind of “approval” based upon the new Norms.

The answer is no. The case in question was decided when the 1978 Norms were in effect.
There is no retroactive conferral of approval with the new Norms now enjoying legal force.