Luisa Piccarreta: A Compilation

by Various

The purpose of this compilation is to provide information on the visionary Luisa Piccarreta, her writings and on the Kingdom of the Divine Will movement. Possibly due to bad translations, noted theologians, including Fr. William Most and Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., have found that the underlying premises of Luisa's writings are not consistent with the magisterial teaching of the Roman Catholic Church. Presently her writings are being studied by the Church.

Latest Official Information about Luisa Piccarreta

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Summary of the clarifications from the Archbishop of Trani, Italy, Giovanni Picchierri, pertaining to the writings of Luisa Piccarreta.

• Luisa Piccarreta was always submissive to the Magisterium of the Church.
• Her cause for canonization is in process.
• She personally should not be accused of being heterodox.
• Her writings are exclusively the property of the Diocese which is working on a typical edition.
• No one is authorized to diffuse the writings of Luisa Piccarreta without permission of the Diocese.
• Her writings must be authenticated by the Church.
• It is only licit to diffuse writings about the life of Luisa Piccarreta.

As for the status of the writings with the Holy See, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith affirmed the following in a letter to EWTN of 4 October 2003,

The writings of Luisa Piccarreta have not been judged by this Dicastery: as such they enjoy neither the official approbation, nor the official condemnation, of this Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. In fact, they are currently being studied, by reason of competence, by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, after this Servant of God, independently of the content of her writings, received the nihil obstat of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith regarding her cause for beatification.

As such, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith makes, at this time, no pronouncement on the writings in question.

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Articles about the Writings of Luisa Piccareta

Is Luisa Piccarreta's Kingdom of the Divine Will Catholic?

Decree Placing Works of Luisa Piccarreta on the Index

The Kingdom of the Divine Will

Letter to Divine Will Proponents

Contested Will

More information can be found on the Catholic Apologetics website.

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