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(Note: I’ll be speaking in Virginia next Saturday!–along with Fr. Chris Alar, Mark Mallett, Christine Watkins, Christine Bacon, and Regan Long. Information here: https://www.truthspeakers.org/)

Before getting to the main content of this post, an important announcement:

For years, people have been asking me to put together a resource similar to my existing books on the Divine Will, but 1) Short, 2) Simple, and 3) Set up primarily for group studies, book clubs, or consecration regimens. I’ve long had that on my To Do list, but when Fr. Mark Goring encouraged me to do exactly that this summer, I decided to put the task up to the top of the same list. That work is now done! Here it is: An Introduction to Living in the Divine Will: 33 Lessons from Luisa Piccarreta. Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1957168080 If you’ve already read my 2021 book, Thy Will Be Done, then don’t feel like you have to read this book. Some of the material is new, but most if it is from Thy Will Be Done. However, if you’re new to the Divine Will and haven’t yet read much about it, I think this new book may be the best place to start. And if you’re looking for a cheap, small, simple book to hand out to others to introduce them to the Divine Will, I think you’ll find this your best bet. (Soon I’ll have a discounted bulk-order form up here at DSDOConnor.com; stay tuned.) As indicated in the subtitle, the book consists of 33 Lessons, and to facilitate consistency for group study, book clubs, consecration regimens, and such, each Lesson is exactly three pages. Lesson One is the introduction, and the remaining 32 lessons are split evenly between eight chapters; each chapter having 4 lessons. Thus there are 99 pages of primary content, along with several appendices. Although I’m not promoting this book specifically as a “33 Day Consecration to the Divine Will,” it certainly can be used as that; and for those who wish to use it that way, I’ve provided an appendix within the book that presents suggested prayers/practices for each of those 33 days (in addition to the “Lesson” corresponding to each day).

PS: Here is the most recent review of Thy Will Be Done:

Now, on to the post.

Soon, what can in one sense be called the greatest act of mercy in history–the most astonishing intervention of Almighty God ever to have transpired–will take place.

The Warning.

The approved revelations of the Servant of God Fr. Stefano Gobbi describe this event:

The Holy Spirit will come, to establish the glorious reign of Christ and it will be a reign of grace, of holiness, of love, of justice and of peace. With His divine love, He will open the doors of hearts and illuminate all consciences. Every person will see themself in the burning fire of divine Truth. It will be like a judgment in miniature. And then Jesus Christ will bring His glorious reign in the world. (May 22, 1988)

Note that this message was received by Fr. Gobbi at Heede, Germany—where, 40 years earlier, another approved apparition took place. In those messages, Jesus told the young seers (and I am taking this from the exhibit on Marian Apparitions developed by Bl. Carlo Acutis):

I will make myself known to the people. Every soul will recognize me as their God. I am coming! I am at the door! My love has planned this action before the creation of the world … May [My faithful] prepare themselves for great things. I am coming Myself and I will manifest my will. …  Hell by now believes itself certain of victory, but I will take it away … I am coming, and with me peace shall come. I will build my Kingdom with a small number of elect. This Kingdom will come suddenly, sooner than what one thinks. I will make My light shine, which to some will be blessing and to others darkness. Humanity will recognize my love and my power. I will make known my justice and my mercy. My dear children: the hour is drawing near. Pray unceasingly and you will not be confused.

In a moment, I want to focus on Jesus’ final exhortation above, that we pray unceasingly so as to not be confused in light of the Warning. First, another important announcement.

Now, while I don’t know the date of the Warning, I can at least say with a fair degree of confidence that it won’t be within the next 2 weeks. Therefore, before the Warning itself happens, we will finally have a major movie coming out about it! The Great Warning, coming to U.S. theaters October 17^th.  I don’t have information on showtimes yet, but when they are available, they will be posted at www.TheGreatWarning.com . Here is a trailer:

https://twitter.com/DSDOConnor/status/1841255037793943648

The movie is truly an extremely powerful evangelization opportunity. The two bishops who pre-screened it have already strongly  endorsed it (see Twitter post above): bishop David Ricken of Green Bay, Wisconsin and Archbishop Rogelio Cabrera Lopez, who is the head of Mexico’s Conference of Catholic Bishops.

I was in NYC filming for the movie in the summer of 2022, so I’m thrilled that it is at last coming out. Fr. Jim Blount, Fr. Rick Wendell, Christine Watkins, myself, Alan Ames, and others you may know are in this movie.

Most people won’t read books or blog posts about the Warning, or even watch YouTube videos about it—but perhaps they’ll watch a “real” movie about it! My hope is that this movie will serve as a final effort to get the word out to as many people as possible about the Illumination of Conscience, shortly before that Great Event actually transpires. Indeed, the graces of the Warning will be far better received by those who are aware of its coming beforehand.

Just as importantly, those who also know about the prophecies of the Warning beforehand will be that much less likely to be deceived by what will happen shortly after the Warning. And that brings us back to Jesus’ exhortation above against being confused amid the Warning—which itself brings me to the third very important announcement of this blog post, though deeply related to the other two!

As I’ve always said about my 2023 book, Only Man Bears His Image, it is a reference work. At 756 pages, I know that most people won’t have the time to read the whole thing, but with its detailed Table of Contents, my objective in publishing the book was to provide a handy quick-reference guide to refuting and addressing each element of the now explosive “NHI” (Nonhuman Intelligence) Deception—that is, the claim that extraterrestrials and rational/superintelligent AI exists and is now among us, ready to enlighten us. I still hope people will continue to acquire that book for that purpose.

Even more important, however, would be a book intended to be read from cover to cover! And I have been busy at work writing exactly that since publishing Only Man Bears His Image one year ago this month. I am almost ready to release it. It is called The First and Last Deception: Aliens, UFOs, AI, and the Return of Eden’s Demise; it will be half the length of Only Man Bears His Image, and I’ll also be making an audiobook of this one. The Amazon page linked there is for an eBook, since I could not set up a pre-release page for the paperback, but rest assured that it will be available as a paperback as well upon publication. (And I will also be selling it here at DSDOConnor.com for those who would prefer not to use Amazon.) A publication date was required, so I set it as January 1, 2025, however I might be releasing the book sooner than that.

Although the book is only half the size of Only Man Bears His Image, it covers the same general topics. But it also contains the fruits of a very large amount of additional research I’ve done (on top of the already massive amount of research I did for OMBHI), as well as covering some developments of the last year. So I really had to condense topics extensively in order to incorporate all that new research while also cutting the size in half! Suffice it to say, each page is a major punch to the Devil’s face, and anyone who reads it with an openness to the Truth will come away from that reading being strongly safeguarded against the Great Deception.

Now, what does this third announcement have to do with the post’s second announcement?

Everything.

In 2021, I wrote of how the nefarious powers that be would surely endeavor to oppose the Warning almost immediately after its occurrence. At that time, I speculated that they may try to write it off as a mere result of some globally-simultaneous hormone-release triggered by an influx of some cosmic radiation.

That may well happen.

But in pondering the question much more in the years since, I’ve concluded that another pseudo-explanation of the Warning would be far more destructive, and thus, I believe, is also more likely to be employed by the demons.

The evil elite seeking to explain away the Warning as a mere hormonal result of an influx of gamma rays only endeavors to dismiss the graces of the Warning. But the Devil wants to do more than merely dismiss the grace of God. He wants to attack it and attempt to subsume its effects into his own diabolical agenda. For example, he does not merely tempt Christians to stop attending Mass; he tempts them to replace it with some idol—perhaps obsession with work, sports, or hobbies. But he would be most pleased if he could seduce men to turn from the Holy Mass and instead attend a demonic Pagan ritual.

Similarly–to this same end–nothing would be so potently malicious as claiming that the Warning was actually the opening event of the Era of the Extraterrestrial; the Dawn from the Galaxies—which is only the unleashing of hell masquerading as the “Dawn from On High” (Luke 1:78)— breaking upon us.

Immediately after the Warning, I believe that even the Devil won’t be able to manipulate the effect of its outpouring of graces. He will be cast out for a brief time. But as the weeks after the Warning continue on, and the shock of the Warning wears off, those who do not remain firm in holding onto their pious convictions will be susceptible to deceitful machinations. And that is the most dangerous time. For this is when men will be told that the pangs of conscience they felt–the veritable mini-Judgment-Day they experienced–was actually just a warm up for the Big Reveal (of the ETs, or the “superintelligent AI”), which will “correct all the mistaken interpretations of that event and direct the lessons it delivered in the path of cosmic evolution.”

But let’s back up for a moment.

While we do not know exactly how the future will transpire, we can use several sure premises to discern the signs of the times and have a good idea:

1. The world today is in such a historically degenerate moral and spiritual state as to surely need an unprecedented Divine Intervention.
2. Many reliable prophecies have assured us that precisely this is coming–by way of a miracle that could not be more appropriate: A global illumination of all consciences. That is, The Warning.
3. The prophecies have likewise indicated that this event will happen very soon.
4. Immediately after the Warning, the Devil and his minions will have, as their chief objective, robbing that Event’s graces from souls.
5. The Devil has already primed the world for “Ontological Shock” — a perverse “Great Awakening” through the intervention of Extraterrestrials and heralded by their revelation upon the “Day of Disclosure.” The entire message of the Ufologists is permeated to the core by pseudo-messianic predictions of an imminent great event, mediated by the “interdimensional UFOs,” that will shock everyone to a so-called “new consciousness.” This is almost a word-for-word diabolical aping of what God has told the true prophets about the Warning
6. One cannot even imagine a more sinisterly fitting way to purport to explain the Warning and steer its effects in a diabolical direction than by employing the groundwork of the ET Deception that is already firmly established—not only in fiction but now at the highest levels of society (e.g., even from the mouths of national leaders in U.S. Congressional Hearings.) The ET Deception is not just another theoretical framework that would be effective in the present malicious undertaking: it is an explosive new religion that has taken every sector of society by storm.

Consider this: The signs indicating the imminence of the Warning are increasing in lock step with the signs indicating the imminence of the so-called “Day of Disclosure;” the day of revelation of the “ultra-evolved” aliens that come to enlighten and save us.

One is God’s truth. The other is a diabolical lie. Yet the trajectory of each appears to be converging in the times ahead with a stunning accuracy. With every new sign that arises indicating the Warning is coming very soon, so too does another indication arise that the powers-that-be are preparing for the “Day of Disclosure.” (And any doubt about that will be resolved upon reading The First and Last Deception.)

I’ll ask another question: what does this third announcement have to do this post’s first announcement?

Again, everything.

The chief exhortation of the heralds of the “Ontological Shock” of the NHI Deception is The Anti-Fiat.

Now, The (true) Fiat is the central theme of God’s Story–that is, History itself. Just as importantly, it is the central theme of His eschatological interventions in the world today and moving forward: The Third Fiat, Living in the Divine Will.

It should be unsurprising, therefore, that the Devil’s central theme is the opposite. When one researches the heralds of the NHI Deception—the ET promoters, the Ufologists, and the exponents of “Artificial General Superintelligence”—(and by now I have become extremely acquainted with their antics through years of intense study), he quickly realizes that the chief exhortation of these deceivers is always the same: they are begging us to just give our “yes” to the aliens; to the UFOs; to the “sentient AI.” They repeatedly insist that everything hinges upon us giving our free consent to their intervention. That is, they repeatedly announce the Anti-Fiat with all the zeal of an anti-apostle. (Only Man Bears His Image touched on this, but The First and Last Deception will expose the war of the Anti-Fiat against the Fiat in more detail.)

Therefore, not only are the signs of the Warning’s imminence increasing in stride with the strengthening of the NHI Deception—so too are the signs of the imminence of the of the Triumph of the Divine Will. With the proliferation of these diabolical claims of Extraterrestrials and superintelligent AI, the Devil is preparing his counter-attack against both the Warning and the Divine Will. As the Warning grows closer and as the revelations on the Divine Will continue to spread, we should anticipate that the Devil’s attacks will likewise increase.

Mankind, collectively, has just about reached the very depths of evil. Soon, men will find themselves so ruined by their own sinfulness that they will realize they must hand their self-wills over to someone other than himself.

The question is whether they will hand their self-wills over to God, or over to the Devil (assuming a seductive disguise).

…whether they will give their Fiat to Jesus Christ—Jesus of Nazareth, the one and only Incarnation of God—or whether they will give it to “the ‘mystery of iniquity’ in the form of a religious deception offering men an apparent solution to their problems at the price of apostasy from the truth.” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, §675)

Choose wisely to whom you give your complete Fiat. Only One is worthy of that.

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In February of this year, I published here an article entitled “The Devil’s Rage Before His Defeat,” wherein I noted that “The nearer the time draws to Satan’s demise, the more ferocious and desperate he becomes,” for “he knows that his time is short,” (Revelation 12:12) “Therefore, we should not be surprised that perhaps the biggest attack against Luisa’s revelations ever is now being unleashed.”

I wrote those words in response to the leaked letter from Cardinal Semeraro, which—with remarkable ignorance—accused Luisa’s texts of various “theological difficulties” that are, in fact, as remote from the text they purported to describe as east is from west. Anyone who has read Luisa’s texts would know that. Evidently, today’s hierarchy does not read a mystic’s work before condemning it.

Then, two months ago—in my last post on this blog—I wrote:

“If that is what happens–if we see these holy men and women who are hearing from Heaven moved against–then we should not be surprised, nor should we regard it as any refutation of what the prophecies have said. On the contrary, such actions will, themselves, merely be the immediate precursors to the long-prophesied events themselves unfolding. Heaven will not long tolerate being silenced. That much is certain.”

And precisely this assault on the seers has been happening since.

Heaven’s messages are being attacked and silenced by the hierarchy as never before. So, buckle your seatbelt and grab your Rosaries, as you can see above what this means for what comes next.

In May, another outlandish ecclesial letter was published, this time by Pedro Regis’ Bishop, Zanoni Castro. The Bishop denigrated today’s seers — a word he always puts within quotation marks — because their messages do not speak enough in support of synodality and against racism.  Within the letter against Regis, he wrote:

Since when did these become the criteria of discernment? No sound-thinking Catholic could think that such standards as these are legitimate. Yet what has indeed happened here is instructive, for the cloven hoof has been revealed, and discerning souls will not fail to note what it forebodes. 

Archbishop Castro was not merely giving informal remarks. His statements above, rather, constitute an official decree that is still posted on the top of the Diocesan website, over two months later. And within this decree he plainly reveals, for all to see, that the modus operandi of hierarchical discernment today is not seeking God’s Will, but rather seeking theologically “nuanced” ways of ensuring our will shall be done instead of the Father’s. In the “Synodal” Church, we (read: powerful clerics) make the rules, not God.

(And for those who are wondering – this publication against Regis does not actually formally condemn his messages, therefore we can still entirely licitly promote them.) 

Archbishop Castro is not an isolated case.

(Note: I go into much more detail on all of these points in the video embedded below)

Just this month, Bishop James Golka of Colorado Springs took the outrageous step of completely banning the Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta from his whole Diocese. Mind you, hers are Church-approved texts from a Servant of God which bear 19 imprimaturs, 19 nihil obstats (from a canonized saint), are endorsed by multiple canonized saints, contain countless fulfilled prophecies, are the basis of approved religious orders, and on the list goes. 

Golka banned them under the pretext that they contain, to quote him, “serious doctrinal errors.” But to justify his action, he only used Cardinal Semeraro’s letter—which, though oblivious indeed, at least went no further than “noting theological difficulties” in Luisa’s writings. Therefore, Golka’s claim is without any basis, and he has thus gravely abused his authority. Bishop Golka has moreover done precisely what the competent Ecclesial authority (the Archbishop of Luisa’s own Diocese!) declared, in a formal decree, constitutes a “scandal” for the faithful. Archbishop Pichierri himself wrote, in 2012, that even claiming “doctrinal errors” exist in Luisa’s writings is a scandal. Golka has gone further still, publicly accusing these approved texts of having “serious doctrinal errors.” 

I must make clear to all the faithful of Colorado Springs: you should indeed obey your Bishop… within the scope of his jurisdiction. He can ban Luisa’s texts from the ministry of his own priests, from his Diocese’s parishes, schools, etc., sure. You should obey him there. But he has absolutely no authority to prevent lay Catholics from studying and promoting Luisa’s texts outside of the official diocesan institutions. I encourage all lay Catholics in Colorado Springs, in fact, to now be even more zealous in promoting Luisa’s revelations; outside of their parishes (for example, on the internet, and in secular arenas! After all, that is where we evangelize.)

Let us not forget what the Queen of Heaven said about the times we are now living through: 

“The work of the devil will infiltrate even into the Church in such a way that one will see cardinals opposing cardinals, bishops against bishops.” – Approved apparitions of Our Lady of Akita

As I explain again in this video, it is high time to decide who you will trust—a Cardinal like Semeraro, who is one of the most radically pro-homosexual-agenda Cardinals alive today (and who has attacked Luisa), or a Cardinal like his predecessor, Cardinal Jose Sairava Martins, who served under Pope St. John Paul II and Benedict XVI, and who strongly endorsed Luisa. 

Our Lady warned us. 

I know that some will chuckle at the thumbnail and call it clickbait. But in fact, I am entirely serious and there is nothing “clickbaity” about it. The Great Chastisements are indeed going to be most directly tied to the hierarchy of the Catholic Church moving against the same Heavenly interventions with which God is seeking to mitigate the Chastisements. It is very simple. The only ones who really have the power to get in Heaven’s way are found in the hierarchy of the Catholic Church. And Heaven will not long tolerate this. 

As I note in the video, I suspect this may simply be the first of many attacks against Luisa from the hierarchy. When these attacks reach some critical mass, the thread upon which the world now hangs will snap. But fear not; that pivotal moment itself will just be the opening act of the Triumph of the Divine Will–the Era of Peace. As Jesus told Luisa, He is only tearing down so as to rebuild far more gloriously.

So trust in the Divine Mercy and proclaim the Divine Mercy. Trust in the Divine Will and proclaim the Divine Will. And set your face like flint to always do these things, come what may.

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Some recent podcasts of mine on other channels:

US Grace Force earlier this month

Doug Barry’s Podcast earlier this month

Mother and Refuge of the End Times, a few days ago

Adrian Milag’s Podcast (this was recorded a while ago, but was just posted)

PS: Important announcement coming soon, so please subscribe with your email address here at DSDOConnor.com. God bless you!

The new and long-awaited Vatican document laying out norms for discerning apparitions was released today.

It at least appears free of some of the unmitigated disasters I was concerned it might contain (i.e., implications that messages speaking of chastisements must be false). There are, however, some major problems here nevertheless.

Here are the norms: https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2024/05/17/0403/00842.html#en 

Most significantly, there is essentially now no such thing as an approved apparition, and no Bishop may rule on an apparition without the Vatican’s own permission. Like “Traditionis Custodes,” wherein the Vatican moved against the Latin Mass–taking power away from individual Bishops, consolidating it in the Roman Curia, and presenting all sorts of obstacles to the celebration of the beautiful and holy Traditional Mass–this document does similar things to apparitions.

“Constat de supernaturalitate” – “it is supernatural”– is no longer a permissible decree for any Bishop to give to an apparition, and all a Bishop can do is present his case, on discerning an apparition, to the Vatican. Also, instead of the traditional three judgments, there are now a full six, and “approved” is not one of them.

Here are the traditional three:

1. Constat De Supernaturalitate; i.e., approved: it is from Heaven, 
2. Non Constat de Supernaturalitate; i.e., it cannot be said one way or another (contrary to what most commenters seem to think, this is & was NOT a condemnation)
3. Constat de Non Supernaturalitate; i.e., condemned; it is not from Heaven. 

Here are the new six:

1°. Nihil obstat 2°. Prae oculis habeatur 3°. Curatur 4°. Sub mandato 5°. Prohibetur et obstruatur 6°. Declaratio de non supernaturalitate

As you can see, “it is supernatural” is now removed; the “best” conclusion is now “nihil obstat;” i.e., nothing obstructs. Here is how the document describes it:

17. Nihil obstat – Without expressing any certainty about the supernatural authenticity of the phenomenon itself, many signs of the action of the Holy Spirit are acknowledged “in the midst”[18] of a given spiritual experience, and no aspects that are particularly critical or risky have been detected, at least so far. 

The remaining five conclusions that a Bishop may come to, regarding an apparition, are each in their own way at least somewhat negative. The sixth option remains the same as the traditional third; “22. Declaratio de non supernaturalitate – In this situation, the Dicastery authorizes the Diocesan Bishop to declare that the phenomenon is found to be not supernatural.”

Although the document of course does not say this bluntly, the take-away nevertheless seems clear enough to me: Bishops are encouraged to move against apparitions as quickly as possible, and they now have five separate ways of doing so; provided in hopes that they will feel comfortable with at least one of them. At the same time, they are reminded that they lack any real authority of their own here; their job is merely to do the grunt work of investigating apparitions, then submit their work to the Vatican, who can then graciously allow them to give some sort of a negative judgment or, at best (and I’m sure this will be exceedingly rare), give a “nihil obstat.” 

Many recent messages–that I am quite confident in the authenticity of–have warned that the Devil will soon act, in the Church, against the plans of God. I am not accusing this Vatican document of heresy and I am not saying it is directly opposed to God. But what I am concerned about is that it will be used for precisely this purpose; used for putting an end to all these pesky prophets through whom God calls the Church to holiness and faithfulness, not to worldliness and “synodality.”

Indeed, the men in the Vatican today generally do not want to hear the message of the prophets.

I am not hereby advocating for disobedience against norms clearly defined in formally promulgated Church decrees that may be imminent. (Though we must be careful to not exaggerate what exactly obedience requires in such cases.) The Church does indeed have the power to put a stop to the promulgation of private revelations. I am merely pointing out that if this happens—if the Vatican embarks upon a still more zealous program of silencing the prophets—then the mere fact it has done so is no indication that this is God’s Will. Obviously, the infallibility of the Church has nothing to do with such acts as that, which are often overturned later.

If that is what happens–if we see these holy men and women who are hearing from Heaven moved against–then we should not be surprised, nor should we regard it as any refutation of what the prophecies have said. On the contrary, such actions will, themselves, merely be the immediate precursors to the long-prophesied events themselves unfolding. Heaven will not long tolerate being silenced. That much is certain.

How my critics will respond to this is predictable: “But Daniel, you are referring to prophecies that haven’t been given a nihil obstat from this newly invented Vatican process!! Therefore, they–and you–must be wrong!”

That is begging the question; it is circular reasoning. By saying such things as that, my critics are assuming that there cannot be a time wherein the Vatican moves against the authentic prophets… in their very attempt to argue that there cannot be a time wherein the Vatican moves against the authentic prophets. Such “reasoning” as that will doubtless flourish among certain career lay apologists who have long been foaming at the mouth against private revelation, but it will not work on people of good will.

Criteria for Discernment

The most important part of any document such as this may be the criteria considered positive and negative, in the process of discernment. Those seem mostly good in this document. However, there is one particularly strange item, and one problematic item.

First, this is listed as a positive: “3°. The unpredictable nature of the phenomenon, by which it is evident that it is not the result of the initiative of the people involved;”

This is particularly strange, given that the most clearly authentic apparition in history–Our Lady of Fatima–had a quite predictable schedule. The children were told exactly when and where apparitions would be, and this is precisely why one of the greatest public miracles in history (the Miracle of the Sun) was witnessed by so many people. They knew it was coming.

If Heaven wants to appear on a certain schedule, it is in its rights to do so. It seems to me silly to list “unpredictability” as one of the positive criterion of discernment–at least, if so few are listed (the document lists only four positive criteria, and “unpredictability” is one of them!) Surely, and for obvious reasons, one can see how unpredictability is generally a positive sign when dealing with the alleged action of Heaven. But it is not the chief sign. Besides, a charlatan–knowing that “unpredictability” is now a chief item of discernment—can easily fake that.  

Unfortunately, this is worse than “silly,” though. I suspect that the Vatican has Medjugorje in its sights here. As I wrote, 14 years ago, upon my return from a pilgrimage to Medjugorje, I do believe in those apparitions, and I stand by that belief to this day: https://danieloconnor.wordpress.com/thoughts-on-medjugorje-after-my-pilgrimage/ 

Next, “A sectarian spirit that breeds division in the Church” is listed as a negative. Now, it is of course true that division in the Church is generally a bad thing. Yet, it seems to me problematic for this to be listed as its own independent negative criteria. The document already notes that “Potential doctrinal errors” constitute a negative criterion. If, therefore, something objectively erroneous with respect to Church Teaching, about the unity of the Church, were said in an alleged apparition, then that error would be covered by that category. 

Why, then, does “breeding division” need to also be its own negative category? Isn’t it strange that no heresies or blasphemies or anything of the sort stand, in this document, as their own negative category, but “breeding division” does? 

Division, unfortunate as it is, is not intrinsically wrong. Jesus Himself taught, in the Gospel, “Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.” (Luke 12:51) Today, I have observed that categorical denunciation of division is usually just employed as a tool–by those wielding authority–to silence any criticism. Whoever dares to point out that there is much sin and heresy infecting the Church today (including the hierarchy) is immediately denounced and ostracized for his “divisiveness.” This ostracization, however, is what is evil. And this new document will enable the flourishing of that evil approach of silencing prophetic witness through categorical denunciation of “division.”

Just imagine how a message like this – from the approved and clearly authentic apparitions of Our Lady of Akita – would be treated today, under these new Vatican guidelines:

“The work of the devil will infiltrate even into the Church in such a way that one will see cardinals opposing cardinals, bishops against bishops. The priests who venerate me will be scorned and opposed by their confreres…churches and altars sacked; the Church will be full of those who accept compromises and the demon will press many priests and consecrated souls to leave the service of the Lord.”

– Approved apparitions of Our Lady of Akita

“How “Divisive!” How “Sectarian!” How dare the Queen of Heaven and Earth say anything negative about the clergy! She has no right to do so, according to Cardinal Fernandez!”

Well, I stand with the Queen of Heaven. 

Including when she points out the sins of the Church.

“Let us lie in wait for the righteous man, because he is inconvenient to us and opposes our actions; he reproaches us for sins against the law, and accuses us of sins against our training. He professes to have knowledge of God, and calls himself a child of the Lord. He became to us a reproof of our thoughts; the very sight of him is a burden to us, because his manner of life is unlike that of others, and his ways are strange. We are considered by him as something base, and he avoids our ways as unclean; he calls the last end of the righteous happy, and boasts that God is his father. Let us see if his words are true, and let us test what will happen at the end of his life; for if the righteous man is God’s son, he will help him, and will deliver him from the hand of his adversaries. Let us test him with insult and torture, that we may find out how gentle he is, and make trial of his forbearance. Let us condemn him to a shameful death, for, according to what he says, he will be protected.”  Thus they reasoned, but they were led astray, for their wickedness blinded them, and they did not know the secret purposes of God, nor hope for the wages of holiness, nor discern the prize for blameless souls

—Wisdom 2:12-22