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STATEMENT FROM THE SOCIETY OF THE IMMACULATA
CONCERNING THE “SECRETS” OF LA SALETTE

27 April 2005
Long Island, New York

We who are holding on to the Catholic Faith so often are presented with the comment from the laity,

"Well, Father, Our Lady did say at La Salette that 'Rome would become the seat of the Antichrist...."

No doubt, usurpers have occupied the Throne of St. Peter since 1958; no doubt, the Novus Ordo sect is NOT Catholic;

HOWEVER - many Catholics do not know that, although the Catholic Church has approved the apparition of Our Lady at La Salette, it has NOT approved the so-called "Secrets". To date, NO POPE HAS EVER RELEASED THE SECRETS OF LA SALETTE.

In fact, in 1916, the Holy See condemned anybody - clergy or laity - who diseminates these so-called "secrets".

Those among the faithful might be tempted to say, however, that: "Isn't it obvious that what Our Lady said has come to pass?"

The fact is: The Church has not told us what Our Lady said in those secrets and, in 1916, has told us that WE MAY NOT discuss what was claimed to be the Secrets without incurring excommunication.

There are enough "proofs" to convince us that Rome has lost the faith without turning to the UNREVEALED texts of the secrets of La Salette.

So, What Must Be Said of the Secrets of La Salette?

Like the Third Secret of Fatima, the true Secret of La Salette has never been made public by the Holy See. Many Catholics sadly continue to be misled by the false and unapproved "secret" drawn up by an embittered Melanie Calvat in 1879, a gross distortion of the original version she wrote in 1851 [also not released by the Holy See]. Others, despite their good will, have simply felt unable to give it their credence – providentially it would seem.

ROMAN CONGREGATION DECREES PROHIBITING CERTAIN WORKS RELATIVE TO
MESSAGES ATTRIBUTED TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY AT LA SALETTE

CLARIFICATION: To circumvent any misunderstanding - we wish to advise that we concur with the Bishop of Grenoble's decision regarding the apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary at La Salette in 1846, that the apparition is "worthy of belief." Our intent is to demonstrate that:

a) the "secret" of La Salette does NOT form an integral part of the Bishop's (and Church's) approval;
b) that the "secret" which has Our Lady saying that "Rome will lose the Faith...etc." is an 1879 corruption of the unapproved 1851 "secret";
c) that the corrupted 1879 "secret" has been condemned by the Church - culminating with being placed on the Index of Forbidden Books.

We give here, both in the official Latin text and English translation, the Roman Decrees:

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SUPREMA SACRA CONGREGATIO S. OFFICII
DECRETUM
CIRCA VULGO DICTUM "SECRET DE LA SALETTE"

Ad Supremae huius Congregationis notitiam pervenit quosdam non deesse, etiam ex ecclesiastico coetu, qui, posthabitis responsionibus ac decisionibus ipsius S. Congregationis, per libros, opuscula atque articulos in foliis periodicis editos, sive subscriptos sive sine nomine, de sic dicto Secret de la Salette, de diversis ipsius formis, nec non de eius praesentibus aut futuris temporibus accommodatione disserere ac pertractare pergunt; idque non modo absque Ordinariorum licentia, verum etiam contra ipsorum vetitum. Ut hi abusus qui verae pietati officiunt, et ecclesiasticam auctoritatem magnopere laedunt, cohibeantur, eadem Sacra Congregatio mandat omnibus fidelibus cuiuscumque regionis ne sub quovis praetextu vel quavis forma, nempe per libros, opuscula aut articulos sive subscriptos sive sine nomine, vel alio quovis modo, de memorato subiecto disserant aut pertractent. Quicumque vero hoc Sancti Officii praeceptum violaverint, si sint sacerdotes, priventur omni, quam forte habeant, dignitate et per Ordinarium loci ab audiendis sacramentalibus confessionibus et a missa celebranda suspendantur: et si sint laici ad Sacramenta non admittantur donee resipiscant. Utrique insuper subiaceant sanctionibus latis tum a Leone PP. XIII per Constitutionem Officiorum ac munerum contra eos qui libros de rebus religiosis tractantes sine legitima Superiorum licentia publicant, cum ab Urbano VIII per decretum Sanctissimus Dominus Noster datum die 13 martii 1625 contra eos qui assertas revelationes sine Ordinariorum licentia vulgant. Hoc autem decretum devotionem non vetat erga Beatissimam Virginem sub titulo Reconciliatricis vulgo de la Salette nuncupatam.

Datum Romae, ex Aedibus Sancti 0fficii, die 21 decembris 1915. - Aloisius Castellano, S. R. et U. I. Notarius.

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THE SUPREME SACRED CONGREGATION OF THE HOLY OFFICE
GIVES A DECREE
CONCERNING THE COMMONLY CALLED "SECRET OF LA SALETTE."

It has come to the attention of this Supreme Congregation that certain ones are not lacking, even from among the ecclesiastic assemblage who, responses and decisions of this Holy Congregation itself having been disregarded, do proceed to discuss and examine through books, small works and articles edited in periodicals, whether signed or without a name, concerning the so-called Secret of La Salette, its diverse forms and its relevance to present and future times; and, this not only without permission of the Ordinaries, but, also against their ban.

So that these abuses which oppose true piety and greatly wound ecclesiastical authority might be curbed, the same Sacred Congregation orders all the faithful of any region not to discuss or investigate under any pretext, neither through books, or little works or articles, whether signed or unsigned, or in any other way of any kind, about the mentioned subject. Whoever, indeed, violates this precept of the Holy Office, if they are priests, are deprived of all dignity and suspended by the local ordinary from hearing sacramental confessions and from offering Mass: and, if they are lay people, they are not permitted to the sacraments until they repent.

Moreover, let people be subject to the sanctions given both by Pope Leo XIII through the Constitution of the offices and responsibilities against those who publish books dealing with religious things without legitimate permission of superiors and by Urban VIII through the decree "Sanctissimus Dominus Noster" given on 13th March 1625 against those who publish asserted revelations without the permission of ordinaries. However, this decree does not forbid devotion towards the Blessed Virgin under the title of Reconciliatrix commonly of La Salette.

Given at Rome on 21st December, 1915. - Aloisius Castellano, S. R. and U. I. Notary.

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ACTA SS. CONGREGATIONUM
SUPREMA SACRA CONGREGATIO S. OFFICII
I
DECLARATIO
CIRCA OPUS QUODDAM
Feria IV, die 12 aprilis 1916

In generali consessu Supremae huius Congregationis Sancti Officii, Emi ac Revmi Dñi Cardinales in rebus fidei ac morum Inquisitores Generales declaraverunt: Opus cui titulus: La Leçon de l'Hôpital Notre- Dame d'Ypres - Exegèse du Secret de la Salette - par le Dr Henry Mariavé, tome I, Paris, 1915; tome II, Appendices, Montpellier, 1915, ex regulis generalibus in Constitutione Officiorum ac munerum traditis, esse damnatum atque proscriptum.

Datum Romae, ex aedibus Sancti Officii, die 13 aprilis 1916. - Aloisius Castellano, S. R. et U. I. Notarius.

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ACTS OF THE SUPREME CONGREGATION OF THE HOLY OFFICE
THE SUPREME CONGREGATION OF THE HOLY OFFICE
I
DECLARATION
CONCERNING A CERTAIN WORK
Wednesday, 12th April 1916

In a general session of this Supreme Congregation of the Holy Office of the eminent and very reverend Lord Cardinals, Inquisitors General, in affairs of faith and morals declared the work to which the title "The Lesson about the Hospital of Notre Dame Explained about the Secret of La Salette" by Henry Mariave, from the general rules handed down in the Constitution of Offices and Responsibilities has been condemned and proscribed.

Given at Rome at the Holy Office on 13th April, 1916
Aloisius Castellanus, S. R. and U. Notary.

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SACRA CONGREGATIO INDICIS
I
DECRETUM
Feria II, die 5 iunii 1916

Sacra Congregatio Eminentissimorum ac Reverendissimorum Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae Cardinalium a Sanctissimo Domino Nostro Benedicto Papa XV Sanctaque Sede Apostolica Indici librorum pravae doctrinae, eorumdemque proscriptioni ac permissioni in universa christiana republica praepositorum et delegatorum, habita in Palatio Apostolico Vaticano die 5 iunii 1916, damnavit et damnat, proscripsit proscribitque, vel alias damnata atque proscripta in Indicem librorum prohibitorum referri mandavit et mandat quae sequuntur opera:
Dr. HENRI MARIAVÉ, La leçon de l'hôpital Notre-Dame d'Ypres. Exégése du secret de la Salette, Tome I, Paris, 1915; tome II, Appendices, Montepellier, 1915 (Decr. S. Off. 12 apr. 1916).
Itaque nemo cuiuscumque gradus et conditionis praedicta opera damnata alque proscripta, quocumque loco et quocumque idiomate, aut in posterum edere, aut edita legere vel retinere audeat, sub poenis in Indice librorum vetitorum indictis.
Quibus Sanctissimo Domino Nostro Benedicto Papae XV per me infrascriptum Secretarium relatis, Sanctitas Sua decretum probavit et promulgari praecepit. In quorum fidem, etc.

Datum Romae, die 6 iunii 1916.- Fr. CARD. DELLA VOLPE, Praefectus - Thomas Esser. 0. P., Secretarius

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THE SACRED CONGREGATION OF THE INDEX
I
DECREE
Of Monday, 5th day of June 1916

The Sacred Congregation of the most Eminent and Reverend Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, held in the Vatican Apostolic Palace, the fifth day of June, 1916, by our Most Holy Lord, Pope Benedict XV, and, the Holy Apostolic See for the index of books of depraved doctrine, and, for the proscription of the same set forth and delegated in the universal Christian Republic, do condemn and have condemned, have proscribed and will proscribe and order and have ordered that the works which follow or have at another time been condemned and proscribed be referred into the Index of Prohibited Books:
Dr. HENRY MARIAVÉ, The Lesson of the Notre Dame Hospital of Ypres - Interpretation of the Secret of La Salette, Volume I, Paris, 1915; Volume II, Appendices, Montpellier, 1915, (Holy Office Decree. 12th day of April 1916).
And so let nobody of whatever rank or condition dare either to publish aforementioned works which have been condemned and proscribed in whatever place or whatever reason, or to read or retain published things under penalties indicated in the Index of Forbidden Books.
After these things were related to our most Holy Pope Benedict XV, by me, the undersigned secretary, his Holiness approved the decree and ordered it to be
promulgated.
Given at Rome on 6th June, 1916 - Fr. CARD. DELLA VOLPE, Prefect - Thomas Esser. 0. P., Secretary

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ACTA SS. CONGREGATIONUM
SUPREMA SACRA CONGREGATIO S. OFFICII
I
DAMNANTUR OPERA QUAEDAM M. MIR ET I. DE RECALDE
DECRETUM
Feria IV, die 2 maii 1923
Datum Romae, ex aedibus S. Officii. die 4 maii 1923.Aloisius Castellano,
Supremae S. C. S. Officii Notarius.

II
DAMNATUR OPUSCULUM:
" L'APPARITION DE LA TRES SAINTE VIERGE DE LA SALETTE "
DECRETUM
Feria IV, die 9 maii 1923

In generali consessu Supremae Sacrae Congregationis S. Officii Emi Ac Rimi Domini Cardinales fidei et moribus tutandis praepositi proscripserunt atque damnaverunt opusculum: L'apparition de la très Sainte Vierge sur la sainte montagne de la Salette le samedi 19 septembre 1845. - Simle réimpression du texte intégral publié par Mélanie, etc. Société Saint-Augustin, Paris-Rome-Bruges, 1922; mandantes ad quos spectat ut exemplaria damnati opusculi e manibus fidelium retrahere curent.

Et eadem feria ac die Sanctissimus D. N. D. Pius divina providentia Papa XI, in. solita audientia R. P. D. Assessori S. Officii impertita relatam sibi Emorum Patrum resolutionem approbavit.

Datum Romae, ex aedibus S. Officii, die 10 maii 1923.- Aloisius Castellano, -Supremae S. C. S. Officii Notarius.

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ACTS OF THE MOST HOLY CONGREGATION OF THE HOLY OFFICE
THE MOST HOLY CONGREGATION OF THE HOLY OFFICE
I
DECREE THAT CONDEMNS THE WORKS OF M. MIR AND I. DE RECALDE
DECREE
Wednesday, 2nd day of May 1923
Given at Rome from the publishers of the Holy Office on the 4th day of May, 1923.
Aloisius Castellano,
The Most Holy Congregation of the Holy Office Notary.

II
THE LITTLE WORK IS CONDEMNED:
"THE APPARITION OF THE VERY HOLY VIRGIN OF LA SALETTE" DECREE
Wednesday, 9th May 1923

In a General Session of the Supreme Holy Congregation of the Holy Office, eminent and reverend Lord Cardinals appointed for protecting the faith and morals, proscribed and condemned the little work The Apparition of the Most Holy Virgin on the holy mountain of La Salette, Saturday 19 September 1845. - Simple Reprinting of the entire public text by Mélanie, etc. Society Saint-Augustine, Paris-Rome-Bruges, 1922; ordering those to whom it looks to take care to withdraw examples of the condemned book from the hands of the faithful.

And the same holiday and day of the Most Holy Lord. N. D. by the foresight of divine providence Pope Pius XI, in the customary audience of R. P. D. Assessor of the Holy Office has commissioned the report himself and approved the resolution.

Given at Rome from the Holy Office on 10th May, 1923. - Aloisius Castellanus, S. R. and U. Notary.