Classicom, Mary is a messnger, sent to warn and help correct us as God has always raised up prophets to do this....do you also reject La Sallette? how about earlier (earlier then say 1870) Marian apparitions?
also, you sound like a Protestant heretic implying that we "worship" Mary!! what apparition did Mary demand worship? did the prophets demand worship?
how does the messages of Fatima, La Salette, Akita,etc somehow raise Mary and diminish Christ?
Apparently, you also have to reject the Rosary, then too, since it resulted from Marian apparitions....St. Dominic and all the rest...
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La Sallette? That is an interesting question.
Pius IX was crowned on 21 June 1846.
La Salette - September 1846, Pius IX
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Both La Salette and Quito Ecuador messages warn of Rome loosing the faith. Pius IX trumped the prophets by his "infallible" doctrine .
To me these messages are logical, but you don't need them if you relied on scripture and tradition.
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More pieces of the puzzle.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pius_IX#Papal_electionThe election of the liberal Pius IX created much enthusiasm in Europe and elsewhere.[citation needed] Celebrations and ovations were offered in several countries.[citation needed] Although he was not really known and had done nothing on an administrative level before his election, and although there were no utterances from him,
he was soon the most notorious and popular person in the world.[citation needed] English Protestants celebrated him as a friend of light and a reformer of Europe towards freedom and progress.[9] It was noted that he was elected without political influences from outside, in the best years of his life, pious, progressive, intellectual, decent, friendly, open to everybody.[10
Wow - Just like John Paul II's popularity . One week TV coverage of his funeral ??? Pius IX was JPII's mentor hero ?
Sound like a Satanic force here ? In know, don't let the facts get in the way of your belief system. That's something heretics and Protestants get involved with.
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Loose ends - since you brought it up, a lot of people on the net are talking about Sept. 19 as some sort of doom day.
And on the 19th of September 1846, the feast day of Our Lady of Sorrows