Just as The Dogma of the Immaculate Conception, proclaimed
in 1854 by Pius IX, is connected to the Apparition of Our Lady of Lourdes in
1858, when She identified Herself to Bernadette by saying “I am the Immaculate
Conception”, so another apparition is also connected to the proclamation of
the Dogma of the Assumption.
Presently I am reading in
Italian, Saverio Gaetta’s book “Il Veggente - Il Segreto delle Tre Fontane”.
It makes for compelling reading.
It is the awe-inspiring story of a man,
Bruno Cornacchiola, who, after experiencing unspeakable suffering as a child
and young man, went on to become embittered with life and filled with hate, especially
towards the Catholic Church and The Pope (whom he planned to kill at the first
opportunity). He reserved a special repugnance
for Our Lady. He had reasons for his hatred, but it would take too long to
report them here and is not the purpose of this short article. Suffice to say that after his encounter with
Our Lady at the Tre Fontane he was utterly transformed and went on to live a saintly,
mystical life.
The purpose of this short article is to connect the
themes in the title to the Tre Fontane Apparition and Bruno Cornacchiola.
Regarding the Dogma of the Assumption.
Saverio Gaetta writes on pages 63-64:
“The fact that Pope Pius XII had taken the Messages of
the Virgin of Revelation at the Tre Fontane very seriously is documented in the
itinerary that led to the Proclamation of the Assumption, celebrated on the 15th
of August.
On May 1st, 1946, with the
encyclical DEIPARAE VIRGINIS MARIAE, Pius XII had asked all the Bishops of the world if
they considered “that the bodily Assumption of the Immaculate Blessed
Virgin can be proposed and defined as a dogma of faith, and whether in addition
to your own wishes this is desired by your clergy and people”. Out of 1,181 responses, only six manifested
some reservation about the proclamation.
The following year the Apparition at the
Tre Fontane transpired and the Pontiff came to know - directly from
Cornacchiola - the following words pronounced by Our Lady:
“My body could not die and did not die; it
could not rot and did not rot because it was Immaculate. It was in the ecstasy
of Divine Love that it was carried by Jesus, the Word, my Son, and by the
Angels to Heaven, and thus it was taken to the throne of Divine Mercy.”
Thus thanks even to this confirmation, on
November 1st 1950 the Fourth Marian Dogma was proclaimed with the Apostolic
Constitution Munificentissimus Deus:
“We pronounce, declare, and define it to
be a divinely revealed dogma: that the Immaculate Mother of God, the ever
Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body
and soul into heavenly glory.”
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Main source for the other themes comes from this
article:
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Rome: The Virgin of Revelation at Tre Fontane,
prophecies for the present time, crisis of the Church, advanced atheism and
Islam
Bruno Cornacchiola died in 2001, after an astonishing life characterized at
the outset by his intention to kill the Pope and then by his sudden conversion
to Catholicism, following the extraordinary experience of April 12, 1947.
Bruno Cornacchiola
That day, along with his three children, he saw a young woman of great beauty, dark-haired and of olive skin, clad in a green cloak and holding a book. From that moment on, he continued to receive spiritual messages and prophetic communications from her throughout his life.
"The seer" handed over these messages received from the Virgin to the Vatican, which never deemed it appropriate to publish them. Nevertheless, by order of the Virgin of Revelation, Bruno kept a personal copy and after years of study and analysis, the Italian journalist, Saverio Gaeta, revealed their contents in full.
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The Virgin of Revelation at Tre Fontane
In Rome, there is an important Marian shrine that,
even today, does not enjoy the proper attention and devotion it deserves. Not
many Romans know about it. Yet, dozens of apparitions to Bruno Cornacchiola (a former anti-Catholic Marxist-atheist, later a Baptist then a 7-Day Adventist) led to
his conversion after these extraordinary events took place.
Pius XII and the Virgin of Revelation
In the late 1940s, Bruno Cornacchiola was witness to
several apparitions of the Virgin Mary in a grotto in Rome on the Via
Laurentina, a short walk from the site of St. Paul's martyrdom, the Tre
Fontane. In these apparitions, the
Virgin Mary revealed to him evil looming, the success of Satan, and the collapse
of the Church. Cornacchiola, filled with
doubt, requested an audience with Pope Pius XII. Not only did the Pope confirm
what he had seen, he also persuaded him to keep a diary of the apparitions and
publish it. Seventy years later, Saverio Gaeta reported the seer's diaries in
his book, "The Seer, the Secret of the Three Fountains."
The apparitions of Cornacchiola prophesied to Luigina
Sinapi
The Pontiff was so convinced of the truth of those
apparitions that in 1947 he blessed the statue depicting the Madonna as
Cornacchiola had seen her. Nine years later, he afterwards legitimized devotion
to the Virgin of Revelation, symbolized by that statue, entrusting the grotto
and chapel to the Friars Minor.
LUIGINA SINAPI
- mystic and a friend of Pope
Pius XII and Padre Pio
But why was Pope Pacelli so convinced of those
apparitions?
Possibly because of the words that young Luigina
Sinapi received in an apparition (unknown to most) in the same grotto on April
12, 1937. Exactly 10 years before Bruno Cornacchiola: "I will return to
this place. I will make use of a man who today persecutes the Church, who wants
to kill the Pope. Now go to St. Peter's, you will find a lady dressed like this
[...] She will lead you to the cardinal. You will carry my message. You will
also tell the cardinal that he will soon be the new Pope."
The Prophecies of the Virgin of Revelation
All this as an introduction to some excerpts from
Gaeta's book, wherein he reports Our Lady’s
revelation of terrible prophecies concerning the Church's loss of sanctity and
the increasing influence of the devil.
As mentioned, it is 1947. Our Lady tells Bruno
Cornacchiola: "Before Russia converts and abandons the path of atheism,
a terrible and grave persecution will break out. Pray, it can be stopped. Set yourselves apart from the false things of
the world: vain entertainment and publications
of obscenities. Satan has been loosed for a time and will kindle the fire of
protest among men. Children, be strong, resist the infernal assault. The entire
Church will suffer a tremendous trial, to cleanse the filth that has
infiltrated its ministers. Priests and faithful will be placed at a perilous
turning point in the world of the lost, which will launch an attack with every
means through false ideologies and theologies."
Atheism, bad shepherds, and false words
This message, dating back to 1947, takes on an even
greater impact in our day. Rampant atheism, sexual problems involving priests
and high-ranking prelates, and the affirmation of false theories are all common
in our daily lives.
In the same apparition, Our Lady confessed to
Cornacchiola that the Holy Spirit is retreating from the earth and that this departure
is due to a loss of faith, also caused by bad shepherds. This harsh message
against priests was repeated in 1988: "You are trampling on my sheep
and leading them to perdition. Why do you no longer make my doctrine known? Why
do you lead my sheep to dry grass and deadly [poisonous] bushes?"
Humanity under the Bondage of Satan
To this last warning against corrupt pastors who
have lost their faith, Our Lady adds a disturbing message. A vision of pain and perdition in which the
Church is reduced to a pile of rubble and humanity subjected to the evil bondage
of Satan. "May what I visualized never come true; it is too painful,
and I hope the Lord does not allow the Pope to deny any truth of faith and
put himself in God's place. How much pain I felt that night; my legs were paralyzed,
and I could no longer move, from the pain of seeing the Church reduced to a
pile of ruins."
The prophecy about ISIS and the silent invasion of
Islam
In one of the last visions, Cornacchiola received
another terrible prophecy. It was July 21, 1998, Saverio Gaeta recounts in his
book, "I dreamed that Muslims surrounded the churches and closed the
doors, and from the roofs threw gasoline and set them on fire, with the
faithful inside praying and everything also on fire." A tragically
true premonition that should also recall the same questions Cornacchiola asked:
"But why don't the leaders in the world see the invasion of Islam in
Europe? What is the purpose of these invasions? Have they forgotten Lepanto? Or the Gates of
Vienna? It is not a peaceful invasion when they kill in their Islamic countries
those who declare themselves Christians or convert to Christ. Not only that - but
they also don’t allow you to build churches or evangelize."
Translatiom:
Contributor Francesca Romana
