Vatican approves the phenomena of the Mercy Sanctuary of the Holy Trinity

The Vatican has given the “green light” to the phenomena related to the “Mercy of the Holy Trinity” Shrine in the village of Maccio (Italy), where Gioacchino Genovese would have perceived a “living presence of the mystery of the Holy Trinity” since the year 2,000.

Based on the new rules for the study of apparitions In the Catholic Church, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has confirmed the Nothing stands in the way (nothing opposes) what was reported by Genovese, a music teacher, married and father of two daughters, who claimed to have perceived “intellectual visions” that he left in writing.

In a letter approved by Pope Francis and addressed to the Bishop of Como (Italy), Bishop Oscar Cantoni, the prefect of the Dicastery, Cardinal Víctor Fernández, highlights the positive elements of these phenomena and also clarifies certain aspects.

Likewise, it clarifies that the existence of a declaration about the supernaturality of the facts is not foreseen, “but rather they open the possibility of closing the discernment of the case, with other definitive judgments.”

What was Gioacchino Genovese’s experience?

Gioacchino Genovese, 64 years old, is married, has two daughters and is a music teacher and director of the choir of the parish of Santa Maria Assunta in Maccio, in the town of Villa Guardia, belonging to the Italian province of Como, where he experienced a series of appearances and revelations 24 years ago.

Those who know him define him as a reserved, shy and low-profile person. In fact, he only spoke about these phenomena with the parish priest and the former Bishop of Como (Italy), Bishop Coletti.

Since 2000, the Italian claimed to have seen the Virgin Mary and perceived “a living presence of the mystery of the Holy Trinity in intellectual visions.”

Genovese wrote down his experiences in more than 300 pages, which were investigated in 2010 by a study commission made up of 6 priests.

On November 28 of that same year, the Bishop attributed the qualification of “Sanctuary” to the parish church under the name “Mercy of the Holy Trinity.”

Positive aspects

In the letter published this July 24, Cardinal Fernández lists the positive elements of these alleged supernatural phenomena, highlighting that the “Trinity is the source of mercy and its perfect realization.”

“In light of this conviction, what is affirmed several times about the mercy of God or Christ in the writings of spirituality and in the Magisterium, acquires a strong Trinitarian meaning,” the letter reads.

Likewise, he emphasizes that Genovese’s spiritual experience “is in line with the rediscovery of the centrality of the Holy Trinity to Christian faith and life that has occurred in the last century.”

In his writings, the cardinal continues, “this truth is expressed insistently and the message of Mercy that springs from the Trinitarian We is loaded with beauty. In the Son of God made man, from his Incarnation until today, love is manifested for us. infinite of the Trinitarian Communion.”

He also points out that the Church “is called to rediscover, more and more, in the acts of Christ, that infinite mercy of the triune God, which in the writings of Mr. Genovese is called Trinity Mercy.”

Below, collect some elements of what Gioacchino wrote under inspiration:

“My Incarnation is a gift of Trinitarian Mercy!
My word is a gift of Trinitarian Mercy!!
My Passion is a GIFT of Trinitarian Mercy!
My Resurrection is a GIFT of Trinitarian Mercy!
I am Mercy” (49)!

Points to clarify

Regarding the aspects to be clarified, Cardinal Fernández refers to the term “We” used by Genovese on certain occasions to refer not only to the “Trinitarian plural”, but also to the Incarnation.

For this reason, the prefect emphasizes that “these expressions are not acceptable and their dissemination must be avoided, since they can easily be interpreted in a way contrary to the Catholic faith.”

“There is no question of imputing errors in all of Mr. Genovese’s writings. In fact, in many of them, especially in subsequent ones, we find clarifications that lead us towards the correct interpretation,” he specifies.

Furthermore, Cardinal Fernández reiterates that “it is never easy to express oneself precisely about the mystery of the Holy Trinity; And if this is true for the great theologians and for the Magisterium of the Church itself, it becomes even more complex when one tries to express in human words what is lived in a spiritual experience.”

In this way, the Vatican gives free rein for the seer’s writings to be disseminated, since “they do not contain theological or moral elements contrary to the doctrine of the Church.”

He also urges that “texts that contain confusing expressions be avoided” and emphasizes that some writings that refer to the devil “must be interpreted as expressions of a God who never forgets his beloved creature, even when he has freely and definitively moved away.” of the”.