In the latest statement from the Vatican, dated February 22, 2025, the Dicastery for Doctrine of the Faith declares that Maria Valtorta’s The Gospel as Revealed to Me cannot be considered of supernatural origin, but is rather is simply a literary work by the author. This is the same work that was once entitled The Poem of the Man-God.
(The statement comes from the Dicastery that also issued Fiducia Supplicans, which has been interpreted in practice as the blessing of same-sex relationships.)
At least it is a step forward compared to the Vatican’s placing The Poem of the Man-God on the now defunct Index of Forbidden Books in 1960 for being published without an Imprimatur, and describing it then as a “badly fictionalized” life of Jesus.
Thus, while it is no longer condemned and forbidden to be read, according to the Dicastery, one can now safely read it as long as it is considered a mere literary creation. A tiny step forward. But the assertion that it “cannot be considered of supernatural origin” nor of “divine inspiration” is not entirely truthful. The part that is true is that the Vatican can make those considerations and judgments. The part that is false is the assertion that her work is not of supernatural origin and of divine inspiration.
In fact The Gospel as Reveled to Me is of divine inspiration, and was willed by the Lord to be written by Maria Valtorta. I have 100% human faith upon this belief. In her other works, when she specifies that certain revelations are from the Lord, the Father, the Holy Spirit, His Blessed Mother, various saints or angels, I also accept the truth of them. I have more faith in the writings of Maria Valtorta than in the writings of Dicasteries of the Vatican.
Therefore, I encourage people to read not only The Gospel as Revealed to Me, but the three “Notebooks” and the other works written by Maria Valtorta. In fact I consider her Notebooks to be only one tiny notch of lesser importance than The Gospel as Revealed to Me.
Feb. 22, 2025. Doctrine of Faith reiterates that Valtorta's writings not supernatural but a literary production of hers. Translation below from Google.
https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_ddf_doc_20250222_comunicato-scritti-valtorta_it.html
DICASTERY FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH Communiqué About the writings of Maria Valtorta:
The Holy See often receives requests from both clergy and lay people for clarification regarding the position of the Church regarding the writings of Maria Valtorta, such as the work Il poema dell’Uomo Dio, today known as L’Evangelo come mi è stato svelato, and other publications. In this regard, it is reiterated that alleged “visions”, “revelations” and “communications” contained in the writings of Maria Valtorta, or in any case attributed to them, cannot be considered of supernatural origin, but must be considered simply literary forms used by the Author to narrate, in her own way, the life of Jesus Christ. In its long tradition, the Church does not accept the apocryphal Gospels and other similar texts as normative, as it does not recognize their divine inspiration, referring to the safe reading of the inspired Gospels. Vatican City, February 22, 2025
Dear Frank, even here in Italy this useless and inappropriate "clarification" was taken badly. The enemies of the Opera puff smoke every now and then.
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