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Lucia Santos

On November 15, 1966 [[Pope Paul VI]] revised the [

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], striking down canons 1399 and 2318, which among other things had prohibited and penalized the publication of any material concerning any apparitions (approved or not) without beforehand obtaining a bishop’s imprimatur. After the revision, therefore, anyone in the Church was permitted to publish freely on Marian apparitions, including those at Fátima. Yet Sister Lúcia was still forbidden to reveal the Fátima Secret. She remained under an order of silence until her death in February 2005, unable to speak freely about Fátima without special permission from the Vatican.<ref name="fatima.org"/>
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This was on the Lucia Santos article until a month ago, when it was edited to say "[i]In the 1983 Code of Canon Law canons 823 to 824 state that Bishops have the duty and right to review any material concerning faith or morals before it may be published. Sister Lúcia was forbidden to reveal the Fátima Secret. She remained under an order of silence until her death in February 2005, unable to speak freely about Fátima without special permission from the Vatican.[/i]"

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[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_by_religion#In_Christianity]Religious Censorship[/url]

The final (20th) edition appeared in 1948, and it was formally abolished on 14 June 1966 by [[Pope Paul VI]].<ref>[http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/starry/galbooks.html Cambridge University on Index.]</ref><ref name=EB>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/285220/Index-Librorum-Prohibitorum Encyclopaedia Britannica: ''Index Librorum Prohibitorum'']</ref>
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This was on the Religious Censorship article until a month ago, when it was added to, to say "[i]However, the moral obligation of the Index was not abolished, according to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Furthermore, the 1983 Code of Canon Law states that bishops have the duty and right to review material concerning faith or morals before it may be published.[/i]"

Since than, these articles have been edited and unedited by unknown people for a few days now. (See "View History") But they always return to how they were. 

The misconception about Bishops not being able to censor material concerning faith or morals and the misconception about the abolishment of the Index can cause people to think that the Church cannot preserve and transmit the Word of God - in this case, judge material concerning doctrine or morals and condemn bad material. Hence, people might think they can publish condemned revelations, or read books that promote heresies, or do other sinful activities. But this is not the case, and so, the case needed to be put to rest.

[Denise]

I think anyone can edit Wikipedia, and so it is wise to not use them as resources that pertain to the faith, among other things.

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I think anyone can edit Wikipedia, and so it is wise to not use them as resources that pertain to the faith, among other things.

It is better to guard the well of common knowledge than it is to let the common people drink poison.

[Denise]

Yep! Amen to that!

[KevinSymonds]

You might be interested in reading my discussion of this very topic over on Catholic Lane:

http://catholiclane.com/reflections-on- ... part-four/

In Christ,
-Kevin

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Thanks Kevin!