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August 8, 2005
"With regard to the devotion known as 'Lady of All Nations'
and the Marian apparitions experienced by the late visionary Ida
Peerdeman, I wish to advise Your Excellency that although the said
apparitions have received approval from His Excellency the Most
Rev. Joseph Maria Punt, Bishop of Haarlem (Holland), in his Comunications
of 31 May 2002, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has
expressed concern regarding one particular aspect of that devotion
whereby official prayers invoke the Blessed Virgin as Lady of All
Nations 'who was once Mary'.
In fact, this Dicastery, in a letter to His Excellency, The Most
Rev. Francois Bacque, Apostolic Nuncio to the Netherlands, has indicated
that Marian devotion must be nourished and developed in accordance
with the indications given by the Holy Father in "Redemptoris
Mater" and "Rosarium Virginis Mariae" and not according
to private apparitions nor according to a 'new' name of Mary, such
as "Lady of All Nations who was once Mary".
Your Excellency is requested to take into consideration the above
mentioned advisory and inform the members of the Catholic Bishop's
Conference of the Philippines that the CPDF does not permit any
Catholic community of Christ's Faithful to pray to the Mother of
God under the title of 'Lady of All Nations' with the added expression
'who was once Mary'.
Most Rev. Angelo Amato SDB
Secretary, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
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