Faustina Kowalska

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Faustina Kowalska

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In March 1959, the Holy Office issued a notification, signed by [[Hugh O'Flaherty]] as notary, that forbade circulation of "[[Divine Mercy image|images]] and writings that promote devotion to Divine Mercy {{em|in the forms proposed by Sister Faustina}}" (emphasis in the original).{{cite web |url=https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS%2051%20%5B1959%5D%20-%20ocr.pdf |title=''Acta Apostolicae Sedis'' LI (1959), p. 271 |access-date=28 April 2014 |archive-date=3 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303052712/https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS%2051%20%5B1959%5D%20-%20ocr.pdf |url-status=dead }} It is claimed the negative judgement of the Holy Office was based on misunderstanding due to the latter's use of a faulty French or Italian translation of the diary. However, at the time, the ban was due to "serious theological reservations and what Vatican evaluators felt to be an excessive focus on Kowalska herself."
In March 1959, the Holy Office issued a notification, signed by [[Hugh O'Flaherty]] as notary, that forbade circulation of "[[Divine Mercy image|images]] and writings that promote devotion to Divine Mercy {{em|in the forms proposed by Sister Faustina}}" (emphasis in the original).{{cite web |url=https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS%2051%20%5B1959%5D%20-%20ocr.pdf |title=''Acta Apostolicae Sedis'' LI (1959), p. 271 |access-date=28 April 2014 |archive-date=3 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303052712/https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS%2051%20%5B1959%5D%20-%20ocr.pdf |url-status=dead }} It is claimed the negative judgement of the Holy Office was based on misunderstanding due to the latter's use of a faulty French or Italian translation of the diary. However, at the time, the ban was due to "serious theological reservations and what Vatican evaluators felt to be an excessive focus on Kowalska herself."


The ban and the placement of her work on the [[Index Librorum Prohibitorum|Forbidden Index]] remained in place for almost two decades, but was reversed in 1978.
The ban and the placement of her work on the [[Index Librorum Prohibitorum|Forbidden Index]] remained in place for almost two decades, but was reversed in 1978.>William J. Collinge, Historical Dictionary of Catholicism Rowan and Littlefield 2021 ISBN 9781538130186 pp 131>
[[Robert Ellsberg]] Blessed Among Us: Day by Day with Saintly Witnesses. ISBN 9780814647219 (Liturgical Press, 2016) pp 575.
[[Robert Ellsberg]] Blessed Among Us: Day by Day with Saintly Witnesses. ISBN 9780814647219 (Liturgical Press, 2016) pp 575.
On 15 April 1978, the [[Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith]] issued a new notification that rescinded the previous one and reversed the ban on circulation of Kowalska's work. It decreed: "This Sacred Congregation, in view of the many original documents that were unknown in 1959, giving consideration to the profoundly changed circumstances, and taking into account the view of many Polish ordinaries, declares no longer binding the prohibitions contained in the cited 'notification{{'"}}.[https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS%2070%20%5B1978%5D%20-%20ocr.pdf ''Acta Apostolicae Sedis'' LXX (1978), p. 350].
On 15 April 1978, the [[Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith]] issued a new notification that rescinded the previous one and reversed the ban on circulation of Kowalska's work. It decreed: "This Sacred Congregation, in view of the many original documents that were unknown in 1959, giving consideration to the profoundly changed circumstances, and taking into account the view of many Polish ordinaries, declares no longer binding the prohibitions contained in the cited 'notification{{'"}}.[https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS%2070%20%5B1978%5D%20-%20ocr.pdf ''Acta Apostolicae Sedis'' LXX (1978), p. 350].
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