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Letter #28, 2017: The last battle[2017-05-28][Engleză]May 27, 2017, Saturday"The final battle between the Lord and the reign of Satan will be about marriage and the family." Sister Lucia of Fatima, in the 1980s, in a correspondence with the then-monsignor Carlo Caffara. Caffara, now a 78-year-old cardinal, reveals and discusses the correspondence below The Last Battle American journalist Diane Montagna published an interesting interview with Cardinal Carlo Caffara, 78, the now retired Archbishop of Bologna in central Italy, on May 19 on the website Aleteia. At the same time, Caffara (photo) gave a very clear and powerful address on May 19 in Rome, against the attack on the traditional family, which is also published below, after the interview. These two texts will give an insight into his mind, and that seems important, because Caffara is one of the four cardinals who signed the "dubia," the five "doubts" (questions) regarding the text of the Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia submitted privately to Pope Francis and to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith last September. After the dubia were not answered, they were made public in November. They have still not been answered. (Below, the four cardinals who posed the five questions, or "dubia" ("doubts") to Pope Francis last September: from left, Cardinal Walter Brandmueller, Cardinal Carlo Caffara, Cardinal Raymond Burke, and Cardinal Joachim Meisner) So who is Caffara? He was the choice of St. John Paul II in 1981 to be the first head of the John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family in Rome. John Paul made him a bishop in 1995 and appointed him archbishop of Bologna at the end of 2003. Pope Benedict made him a cardinal in 2006. He retired in 2015. He will turn 79 on June 1, in four days. Caffara has spoken out on the immorality of contraception, and for this has been criticized by more progressive Catholic theologians. "Even the smallest moral wrong is so much greater than any physical wrong," he has said. "I know this is hard for some to accept when the dangers are great, but the Church is here to combat moral wrongs." (Here, Caffara with Pope Francis) Caffara in this interview goes into some detail about a correspondence in the early 1980s that he had with Sister Lucy, one of the three children to whom Our Lady of Fatima appeared in 1917. (The other two children, St. Jacinta and St. Francisco, both died very young, and were just canonized two weeks ago in Fatima, Portugal, by Pope Francis. Sister Lucia lived until February 2005, dying just before Pope John Paul II died.) It is not new information. Some of the things Cardinal Caffara says were said already nine years ago, in 2008. He spoke on February 16, 2008, to the Italian radio station Tele Radio Padre Pio, after celebrating Mass at the shrine of Padre Pio in San Giovanni Rotondo, on the eastern coast of central Italy. The interview was published in the Voce di Padre Pio bulletin in March of 2008. And the Rorate Caeli website translated portions of the interview two years ago, in June of 2015, here. "At the start of this work entrusted to me by the Servant of God (now St.) John Paul II," Caffara said in 2008, "I wrote to Sister Lucia of Fatima through her Bishop as I couldnt do so directly. Inexplicably however, since I didnt expect an answer, seeing that I had only asked for prayers, I received a very long letter with her signature now in the Institutes archives. In it we find written: the final battle between the Lord and the reign of Satan will be about marriage and the family. Dont be afraid, she added, because anyone who works for the sanctity of marriage and the family will always be fought and opposed in every way, because this is the decisive issue." Here is the text of Montagna's May 19, 2017 interview with Caffara... (continued below) =========================== JOIN DR. ROBERT MOYNIHAN FOR A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME PILGRIMAGE JUNE 16-25, 2017 LONDON AND OXFORD, ENGLAND Join me in the prison cell of St. Thomas More in the Tower of London for Mass on St. Thomas More's Feast Day, June 22! A pilgrimage in the footsteps of St. Thomas More and Blessed John Henry Newman. Don't delay: only 2 places left! âPilgrimages@InsideTheVatican.com +1.202.536.4555 ===================== (continued from above) From Aleteia (Exclusive) Cardinal Caffarra: What Sr. Lucia wrote to me is being fulfilled today Diane Montagna | May 19, 2017 The Fatima visionary told him: A time will come when the decisive battle between the kingdom of Christ and Satan will be over marriage and the family. VATICAN CITY Sr. Lucias prophetic words that the decisive battle between the Lord and Satan would be over marriage and the family is being fulfilled today, Cardinal Carlo Caffarra has told Aleteia. The Italian cardinal was speaking on Friday afternoon, May 19, at the fourth annual Rome Life Forum, a gathering which brings together over 100 life and family leaders from over 20 nations to discuss how to defend and strengthen marriage and family life around the world. Cardinal Caffarra is the Archbishop emeritus of Bologna and the founding president of the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family. He has also served as a Member of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, Member of the Presidential Committee of the Pontifical Council for the Family, and Member of the Pontifical Academy for Life. He was created a cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI in March 2006. Cardinal Caffarra was one of Pope Francis 45 handpicked delegates chosen to attend the Ordinary Synod on the Family in 2015. In this exclusive interview, given prior to his talk, Cardinal Caffarra also describes how Satan is attempting to destroy the two pillars of creation, so as to fashion his own anti-creation; and why, in this battle, woman is the human being who must be defended the most. Your Eminence, what can you tell us about the letter you received from Sr. Lucia while you were working to found the Pontifical John Paul II institute for Marriage and Family in Rome? Cardinal Carlo Caffara: In 1981 Pope John Paul II founded the Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family. The first years (1983-1984) were very difficult. The Institute was not wanted. Who didnt want it? Caffara: It was not wanted within and outside of the Church, because of the vision it was proposing. And so I was very concerned. Without asking anyone, I thought: I will write to Sr. Lucia. How did that come to mind? Caffara: Just like that. But as you know, from the beginning the patroness of the institute has been Our Lady of Fatima. It is contained in the Apostolic Constitution. There the pope places the institute under the patronage of the Blessed Virgin of Fatima. So much so I hope it is still there that when one enters the institute, at the end of the corridor there is a statue of Our Lady of Fatima, and the chapel of institute is dedicated to Our Lady of Fatima. And so, I thought to write to her. So I wrote, but simply saying: The pope wanted this Institute. We are going through a very difficult time. I ask you only to pray. And I added: I do not expect a reply. Her prayers were enough for me. As you know, in order to have any contact with Sr. Lucia, even by letter, one needed to go through her bishop. So I sent the letter to the bishop, and he passed it on to Sr. Lucia. To my great surprise, after not more than two or three weeks, I received a reply. It was a hand-written letter and quite long. I have given sworn testimony of what the letter said. The letter ended, saying (in 1983 or 1984): Father, a time will come when the decisive battle between the kingdom of Christ and Satan will be over marriage and the family. And those who will work for the good of the family will experience persecution and tribulation. But do not be afraid, because Our Lady has already crushed his head. This remained engraved on my heart, and amid all of the difficulties we have encountered and there have been so, so many these words have always given me a great strength. When you initially read Sr. Lucias words, did you think she was speaking of that moment in history? Caffara: I began thinking a few years ago, after almost thirty years: Sr. Lucias words are taking place. This decisive battle will be the thesis of my talk today. Satan is constructing and anti-creation. An anti-creation? Caffara: If we read the second chapter of Genesis, we see that the edifice of creation is founded on two pillars. First, man is not something; he is someone, and therefore he deserves absolute respect. The second pillar is the relationship between man and woman, which is sacred. Between the man and the woman. Because creation finds its completion when God creates the woman. So much so, that after he created woman, the Bible says God rested. Today, what do we observe? Two terrible events. First, the legitimization of abortion. That is, abortion has become a subjective right of woman. Now, subjective right is an ethical category and therefore we are here entering into the world of good and evil, and we say that abortion is a good; it is a right. The second thing we see is the attempt to equate homosexual relationships with marriage. You see that Satan is attempting to threaten and destroy the two pillars so that he can fashion another creation. As if he were provoking the Lord, saying to Him: I will fashion another creation, and man and woman will say: we like better here. The Scriptures say the devil is the father of lies, who presents himself as an angel of light In my talk, I will explain the words of Jesus, when he says of Satan: When he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies. (John 8:44). Sursa: www.InsideTheVatican.com Contor Accesări: 680, Ultimul acces: 2026-08-05 08:22:26
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