The level of hostility that is displayed toward the Our Lady of Garabandal apparition is bizarre to me.
Rather than quote from some random, hostile opinions, how about reading what Bp. del Val Gallo, the bishop who witnessed the ecstasies and conducted a six-year investigation, says about them?
This interview was given in 1992:
Q. Isn't it true that out of all those bishops, you are the only one who actually witnessed the girls in ecstasy?
A. I think so. I think I am the only one. I heard say that Conchita had made some ecstasies in front of Bishop Puchol but I am not sure. Yes, I think that I was the only one who saw the ecstasies.
Q. Did you ever imagine that God would place you in such a unique situation?
A. I have always tried to be in the hands of God. I always try regardless of whether it is a difficult situation or a joyful one, and this one (that is Garabandal) is both hard and joyful at the same time.
Q. When did you remove all the restrictions that the previous bishops imposed on the priests and why?
A. I don't remember clearly the exact date. It was done step by step. I told the pastor to start (removing the restrictions) and then it was just announced publicly. But I don't remember the exact date. I think it was about six years before I retired which was last year in September.
Q. Have the Garabandal apparitions ever been condemned by the church?
A. No. The previous bishops did not admit that the apparitions were supernatural but to condemn them, no, that word had never been used.
Q. When did you reopen the study of the apparitions and who did the study, how was it conducted and when was it concluded?
A. It was finished in April of 1991 during a reunion we held in Madrid but it was not opened on a specific date. It was opened six years earlier, taking notes of the circuмstances here and there. In the beginning, we were going little by little so it took about six or seven years before the study was concluded. Until then I had gone by what the other bishops had done. They had said no. But then it seemed to me that I should personally do something myself. I needed to do a personal investigation because the responsibility demands this of oneself so I had to do something about it and because I thought it was something serious that had happened in Garabandal. It seemed to me that because it was so serious, I had to find out for myself exactly what happened in Garabandal.
Q. What has become of the results?
A. The results were brought to The Holy See, to The Sacred Congregation for The Doctrine of The Faith. That is where you have to take things like this so that is where the docuмents are. They were given to Cardinal Ratzinger.
Q. Were the Garabandal Messages found to be theologically correct and in accordance to the teachings of the Catholic Church?
A. I think yes. Theologically correct, yes. But one of the details bothers me like the one: "Many bishops and cardinals are walking the path of perdition" it seems to me to be a bit severe. The Messages do not say anything that is against the doctrine of the church.
Knowing what the state of the Church is today, I find it a bit humorous that the detail that bothers him and seems severe is the Holy Virgin's statement that "many bishops and cardinals are walking the path of perdition." That seems like the understatement of the CENTURY to me!
http://www.garabandal.org/vigil/interview.shtml