List of Valtorta Approvals by Bishops, Doctors of Theology/Canon Law
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Lists of Bishops, Doctors of Theology/Divinity/Canon Law, Saints/Blesseds/Venerables/Servants of God, University Professors, and Noteworthy Lay Faithful Who Have Approved and Endorsed Valtorta's Work The information below has been taken from A Summa and Encyclopedia to Maria Valtorta’s Extraordinary Work by Stephen Austin. To download this free e-book, click here. In this document, I present to you lists of various groups of clerics, saints, and noteworthy lay faithful who have approved, endorsed, or praised The Gospel as Revealed to Me / The Poem of the Man-God, and I organize them according to different criteria. As a result of the findings of my research, I can provide you with the following facts: At Least 28 Bishops Have Approved, Endorsed, or Praised the Poem (Bishops Representing 11 Different Countries) Those who have approved/endorsed/praised the Poem of the Man-God include: 24 Extremely Learned Clerics or Pope Pius XII Doctors of Theology/Divinity/Canon Law 7 Members or Consultants of the Holy 5 Cardinals Office/Congregation for the Causes of Saints 14 Archbishops 7 Saints/Blesseds/Venerables/Servants of God 10 Regular Bishops 31 Doctors and University Professors In addition to the bishops and theologians listed above, two famous television show hosts/media personalities have publicly endorsed Maria Valtorta's work. The following lists are by no means comprehensive and do not include everyone who could possibly be added to these lists. I include only those clerics and lay faithful that I could personally find so far in publications printed in the English language and a few publications in Italian. By no means can these lists be considered all-encompassing and comprehensive. I am certain that there are other bishops and noteworthy clerics and lay faithful who approve Valtorta's work but whose declaration, statement, etc. I have not had the time to research and include, or who have not publicly shared their approval. You can find many more of these clerics and lay faithful especially by looking at Italian publications, such as the 89 (and counting) Bollettino Valtortiano bulletins published by the editor, Dr. Emilio Pisani, as well as many other publications, books, theses, studies, magazines, and newspapers in other languages that discuss Maria Valtorta and her writings (in particular, those in Italy, the home country of Maria Valtorta). Even though the following lists are not comprehensive, they can give you a fairly good idea of the reality of the massive approval of Valtorta's work by many important clerics and personalities. Please note that all of the testimonials, statements, and proof of approval of these clerics and lay faithful are included in this e-book in the chapter entitled “Proof by the Testimony of Countless Trustworthy Clerics, Authorities, Experts, Scientists, and Pious Lay Faithful and the Tremendously Good Fruits Produced in Individuals and in the Church as a Whole”. The lists begin on the next page. List of Bishops Who Have Approved/Endorsed the Poem of the Man-God 1. Pope Pius XII, Pope from 1939-1958 2. Archbishop Alphonsus Carinci, Secretary of the Sacred Congregation of Rites from 1945 to 1960 Msgr. (later Cardinal) Augustin Bea, S.J., Rector of the Pontifical Biblical Institute and Consultant to 3. the Holy Office Bishop Roman Danylak, S.T.L., J.U.D., Doctor of Canon Law and Civil Law, Licentiate of Sacred 4. Theology Cardinal Giuseppe Siri, Doctor of Theology, Professor at a Major Seminary, President of the Italian 5. Episcopal Conference from 1959-1965 6. Cardinal Antony Padiyara, Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly, India from 1985 to 1996 7. Cardinal Thomas Williams, Archbishop Emeritus of Wellington, New Zealand 8. Archbishop George Pearce, S.M., Doctor of Divinity, former Archbishop of Suva, Fiji 9. Archbishop Nuncio Apostolic Monsignor Pier Giacomo De Nicolò, Papal Nuncio in Several Countries 10. Bishop (later Archbishop) Kundukulam, Bishop of Trichur, India from 1970 to 1996 11. Bishop Aldo Patroni, S.J., Bishop of Calicut, India from 1948 to 1980 Bishop Egidio Gavazzi, Benedictine Abbot and Ordinary (i.e, Bishop) of Subiaco, Italy from 1964 to 12. 1974 13. Bishop Angelico Melotto, O.F.M., Bishop of Solola, Guatemala from 1959 to 1986 Bishop John Venancio, Bishop of Leiria-Fatima, Portugal from 1954 to 1972, Taught Dogmatic 14. Theology at a Pontifical University in Rome 15. Archbishop Giovanni Bulaitis, Titular Archbishop of Narona, Apostolic Nuncio to Albania 16. Archbishop Vito Roberti, Archbishop of Caserta, Italy from 1965 to 1987 17. Bishop Kureethara, Bishop of Kochi, India from 1975 to 1999 18. Bishop D'souza, Bishop of Pune, India from 1977 to 2009 19. Bishop (later Archbishop) Soosa, Bishop of Trivandrum, India from 1991 to 2004 20. Archbishop Gregorous, Archbishop of Trivandrum, India from 1955 to 1994 21. Bishop Benjamin, Bishop of Darjeeling, India from 1962 to 1994 22. Archbishop Alberto Ramos, Archbishop of Belem, Brazil from 1957 to 1990 Archbishop Pietro Santoro, bishop since 1967, Archbishop of Campobasso-Boiano, Italy from 1979 23. to 1989 Bishop (later Archbishop) Gaetano Bonicelli, Former Archbishop of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa- 24. Montalcino, Italy 25. Archbishop Giuliano Agresti, Archbishop of Lucca, Italy (Maria Valtorta’s Diocese) from 1973 to 1990 Archbishop (later Cardinal) Angelo Comastri, Licentiate of Sacred Theology, Vicar General of His 26. Holiness to the City of the Vatican. Previously Archbishop of Loreto, Italy 27. Archbishop Domenico Luca Capozi, O.F.M., Archbishop of Taiyuan, China from 1946 to 1983 28. Bishop Johanan-Mariam Cazenave, Secretary of the Syrian-French Synod 29. Bishop Richard Williamson, Seminary Rector for 26 Years List of Highly Learned Clerics and Doctors of Theology/Divinity/Canon Law Who Have Approved/Endorsed the Poem of the Man-God 1. Pope Pius XII, Pope from 1939 to 1958 Fr. Gabriel Roschini, O.S.M., One of the Top Two Mariologists of the 20th Century, Founder of the 2. Marianum Pontifical Faculty of Theology in Rome, Professor at the Lateran Pontifical University, Consultant to the Holy Office and the Congregation for the Causes of Saints Fr. Corrado Berti, O.S.M., Professor of Dogmatic and Sacramental Theology at the Pontifical 3. Marianum Theological Faculty in Rome from 1939 onward, and Secretary of that Faculty from 1950 to 1959 4. Archbishop Alphonsus Carinci, Secretary of the Sacred Congregation of Rites from 1945 to 1960 Msgr. (later Cardinal) Augustin Bea, S.J., Rector of the Pontifical Biblical Institute and Consultant to 5. the Holy Office and the Congregation for the Causes of Saints Msgr. Hugo Lattanzi, Dean of the Faculty of Theology at the Lateran Pontifical University and 6. Consultant to the Holy Office Camillo Corsánego, Dean of the Consistorial Lawyers (Where He Functioned as Advocate of Causes 7. of Beatification and Canonization), Professor at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome, National President of Catholic Action in Italy Bishop Roman Danylak, S.T.L., J.U.D., Doctor of Canon Law and Civil Law, Licentiate of Sacred 8. Theology Cardinal Giuseppe Siri, Doctor of Theology, Professor at a Major Seminary, President of the Italian 9. Episcopal Conference from 1959-1965 10. Archbishop George H. Pearce, S.M., Doctor of Divinity, Former Archbishop of Suva, Fiji 11. Blessed Gabriel M. Allegra, O.F.M., World-Renowned Exegete and Theologian, Beatified in 2012 Dr. Nicandro Picozzi, M.A., D.D., Doctor of Divinity, Translated all of the Poem of the Man-God 12. volumes into English Fr. Federico Barbaro, S.D.B., Famous Japanese Bible Translator, Biblical Scholar, and Writer, 13. Translated all of the Poem of the Man-God volumes into Japanese 14. Msgr. Gianfranco Nolli, Noted Biblical Scholar, Director of the Vatican Museum 15. Msgr. Angelo Mercati, Prefect of the Vatican Secret Archive from 1925 to 1955 16. Dr. Mark Miravalle, S.T.D., Doctor of Theology, Licentiate of Sacred Theology 17. Fr. Cornelio Fabro, Ph.D., Philosopher, Doctor of Theology, Professor at Four Universities Bishop John Venancio, Taught Dogmatic Theology at a Pontifical University in Rome, Bishop of Leiria- 18. Fatima, Portugal from 1954 to 1972 19. Archbishop Gregorous, D.D., Doctor of Divinity, Archbishop of Trivandrum, India from 1955 to 1994 Archbishop (later Cardinal) Angelo Comastri, Licentiate of Sacred Theology, Vicar General of His 20. Holiness to the City of the Vatican. Previously Archbishop of Loreto, Italy Fr. François Dreyfus, O.P., Ph.D., a convert from Judaism, and a Professor of Biblical Studies at the 21. French Biblical and Archeological School in Jerusalem 22. Father Vernard Poslusney, O. Carm., Advisor to the Holy Office on Private Revelation 23- Fr. Kevin Robinson Testifies that He Knows Two Rome-Trained Doctors of Canon Law (Not Already 24. Mentioned Above) Who Admire and Read Valtorta's Writings List of Saints/Blesseds/Venerables/Servants of God Who Have Approved/Endorsed the Poem of the Man-God Saint Padre Pio, One of the Holiest Saints of the 20th Century, Mystic, Stigmatist, Bilocater, Prophet, 1. Healer 2. Venerable Pope Pius XII, Pope from 1939 to 1958 3. Blessed Gabriel M. Allegra, O.F.M., World-Renowned Exegete and Theologian, Beatified in 2012 Blessed Mother Maria Inés Teresa of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Founder of the Congregation of 4. Claretian Missionaries that Grew to Include 36 Missionary Houses in 14 Countries, Beatified in 2012 Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta, World-Famous Missionary Who Founded the Missionaries of 5. Charity, Consisting of Over 4,500 Religious Sisters Serving the Poorest of the Poor in 133 Countries Venerable George La Pira, University Professor, Three-Times Mayor of Florence, Now "Servant of 6. God” Servant of God Fr. Patrick Peyton, C.S.C., Founder of the Family Rosary Crusade, Where He 7. Coordinated Rosary Events in More than 40 Countries, Sometimes Involving Hundreds of Thousands of People, Founded Media Apostolate Which Produced 900+ Radio Programs, Films, and TV Specials List of Noteworthy Lay Faithful Who Have Approved/Endorsed the Poem of the Man-God John Haffert, co-Founder and Former Head of the famous Blue Army of Our Lady of Fatima (Which 1.