April 18, 2017 - Letter from the Prelature of Itacoatiara presents the Church's position on apparitions in Itapiranga

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The diocesan administrator of the Prelature of Itacoatiara issues a letter with the official position of the Holy Church on the events of Itapiranga, with regard to the apparitions of the Virgin Mary.

ITACOATIARA'S PRELACY

RELEASE

Fr. Graciomar Gama Fernandes, for the mercy of God and of the Holy Apostolic See, diocesan Administrator of the Prelature of Itacoatiara, in the use of the attributions conferred on him by the Code of Canon Law, in view of the official position of the Holy Church, on the events of ITAPIRANGA , with regard to the "ALLEGED APPEARANCES" of the Virgin Mary, COMMUNICATES :

With a letter dated February 7, 2017, the congregation for the doctrine of faith DOES NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE SUBSTITUTE APPEARANCES AND, CONSEQUENTLY, OF THE MESSAGES FOR "HER" PROFESSED.

At the same time that the aforementioned dicastery DETERMINES :

1. The alleged messages are no longer widespread within the Prelature of Itacoatiara;

2. There should be no mention in the divine worship celebrated in the shrine dedicated to Our Lady Queen of the Rosary and Peace of Itapiranga or elsewhere in the Prelature, about the alleged appearances and messages that Mr. Edson Glauber would be receiving;

3. Mr. Edson Glauber and the Association of the Queen of the Rosary and of the Peace of Itapiranga (ARRPI), ABSTENHAM of a greater DISCLOSURE OF THOSE MESSAGES;

4. Regarding the letter of introduction that Monsignor Carillo Gritti gave to Mr. Edson Glauber de Souza, on the alleged apparitions, Bishop Carillo's successor will take all appropriate decisions.

I also inform that this communiqué will be sent to each priest of our prelacy to be divulged in the respective parishes and to the Metropolitan Archbishop of Manaus, Dom Sérgio Castriani.

Given and passed in the Curia of the Prelature of Itacoatiara, the twenty-four (24) days of the month of March of the year two thousand and seventeen (2017).

Fraternally,

Fr. Graciomar Gama Fernandes

Diocesan Administrator of the Prelature of Itacoatiara

Source: Archdiocese of Manaus