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Catholics who claim they have seen the Virgin Mary will be forced to remain silent about the apparitions until a team of psychologists, theologians, priests and exorcists have fully investigated their claims under new Vatican guidelines aimed at stamping out false claims of miracles.The Pope instructed the proper office that deals with things like this to draw up a new handbook "to help bishops snuff out an explosion of bogus heavenly apparitions." I like the logic in one of the guidelines: If you're quiet about what you've seen it's more likely you've seen it. If you tell folks what you've seen it's more likely it's false. So there's some incentive. If you really see something, don't even tell the Bishop, don't tell anyone, then you'll know it's true!
But apparently they don't expect you to keep completely quiet, because at some point they're going to have a team of psychiatrists come by and certify your mental health while theologians evaluate what you've seen and the messages (if any) obtained therefrom. The next step is even more interesting. Next, "one or more demonologists and exorcists" will investigate the situation to make sure Satan isn't hiding behind the apparitions. I can hear the devil now: "Curses, foiled again!"
As for you, the visionary, if you would like to avoid all this terrible red tape, in my opinion, just claim what you've seen, and if they don't like it ... that's their problem.
