Here, it is interesting to point out that Dr. Gianna Talone-Sullivan of Emmitsburg, near Baltimore, USA, also claimed some of the beliefs of Fr. Gobbi as being her own personal locutions. She alleged that the Blessed Virgin Mother told her that Jesus would return as a child and "That the time was coming when at one single moment everyone on earth will see simultaneously the state of their souls and know with certainty that God exists." In other words, their consciences would be illuminated.

On September 8, 2000, the Archdiocese of Baltimore issued a statement with the approval of Cardinal William H. Keeler, indicating that it "finds no basis" for the alleged apparitions and messages of the Blessed Virgin Mary which Gianna Talone-Sullivan claimed to receive during the Thursday evening prayer services at St. Joseph in Emmitsburg."

Now, if the alleged locutions of Dr. Gianna Talone-Sullivan, a lay-person, were condemned because of their deceptive nature that opposed the teachings of the Catholic Church, why is it that Fr. Stefano Gobbi is permitted to promote the same deceptions without any condemnation? Is it because he is a member of the clergy? Are members of the clergy allowed to proclaim falsehoods while the lay members of the Church are not? Are not all baptized members of the Church equal in the eyes of God and accordingly, they should be treated equally when it comes to discernment of the spirits? If the locutions of Fr. Gobbi are considered to be truthful, then the locutions of Dr. Gianna Talone-Sullivan must also be considered as truthful! But if the locutions of Dr. Gianna Talone-Sullivan have been proven to be deceptions by a Pastor of the Church, then the locutions of Fr. Stefano Gobbi, identical in nature, are also falsehoods and must be declared as such.

According to Fr. Stefano Gobbi, September 11, 1998, was supposed to see the completion of all of Mary's promises that have been given to the world since the days of La Salette, including all the promises that she gave to Fr. Gobbi himself, that including the Second Coming of Jesus. As previously mentioned, the Holy Catholic Church refers to this Second Coming as the Antichrist's deception. We do not have to look far for proof of the deception. 1998 came and went - nothing happened. As a general rule, Church approved spiritual manifestations reflect a HONEST Virgin Mary. When she says she will give a sign, she gives it, such as the dancing sun in Fatima on October 13, 1917. The problem that we have here is that the Virgin Mary that Fr. Gobbi knows is one that lies, that makes broken promises, that contradicts the teachings of the Catholic Church, etc... That is not the Virgin Mary that the Holy Catholic Church promotes, nor is it the Mother of God, nor the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

Our faith teaches us that the Holy Catholic Church is the beginning of the Kingdom of God on earth. Its mission has been blessed by the guidance and protection of the Holy Spirit who has been actively involved since the Day of Pentecost.

Catechism # 768, "So that she can fulfill her mission, the Holy Spirit "bestows upon [the Church] varied hierarchic and charismatic gifts, and in this way directs her." "Henceforward the Church, endowed with the gifts of her founder and faithfully observing his precepts of charity, humility and self-denial, receives the mission of proclaiming and establishing among all peoples the Kingdom of Christ and of God, and she is on earth the seed and the beginning of that kingdom."

To claim that the Holy Catholic Church is in need of being restored is a two-fold claim:

1) It is a claim that the gates of Hades have prevailed against the Holy Catholic Church, therefore requiring that it be restored;

2) It is a claim that the Holy Spirit, who is God, has failed to guide and preserve the Holy Catholic Church against the forces of evil.

Although it cannot be denied that the Holy Catholic Church has had its share of crosses to bear during the last few decades, such crosses have been no different then the crosses it has had to bear since the institution of the Holy Catholic Church on earth by Jesus Christ. Through suffering, the Church has been strengthened. Through suffering and its continued existence, evidence is put forward that the Holy Spirit has been actively involved in the guidance and protection of the Holy Catholic Church. And, if we are to accept that the Holy Spirit has been present in the Holy Catholic Church to guide it and to preserve it, then how can we believe that the Church is in need of restoration? We cannot! Furthermore, if we are to accept that the Holy Spirit has failed in His mission to guide and preserve the Holy Catholic Church, then we have to reassess His perfect Divinity. But this is not the case. The Holy Spirit is God! He is with the Holy Catholic Church, always having manifested His Divine Presence since its institution on earth. As such, the Holy Catholic Church being the fruit of the Holy Spirit, cannot be imperfect, nor in need of restoration as is claimed by Fr. Stefano Gobbi!

On June 17, 1989, Fr. Stefano Gobbi alleged that Our Lady told him, [See # 407(p)] "666 indicated thrice, that is to say, for the third time, expresses the year 1998, nineteen hundred and ninety-eight. In this period of history, Freemasonry, assisted by its ecclesiastical form, will succeed in its great design: that of setting up an idol to put in the place of Christ and of his Church. A false christ and a false church."

Fr. Stefano Gobbi alleged that the Blessed Virgin Mary, she who is immaculate in nature and from who no lies can come forth, has stated that my year 1998, the Holy Catholic Church would be a false Church, having been overtaken by a false christ.

There are a few problems with this interior locution, namely:

1. It never happened.

2. The Virgin Mary does not lie.

3. False prophecies do not come from God, nor are they heavenly inspired.

4. Such a statement serves no other purpose but to corrupt the faith of the believers, leading them to believe that the Holy Catholic Church has been overtaken by a false christ who is managing a false church. As such, it encourages the faithful to disobey the God appointed authorities of the Holy Catholic Church and the inspired teachings of the Church.

Fr. Stefano Gobbi alleges that the Blessed Virgin Mary told him that the new Jerusalem, the holy city, "MUST" come down from Heaven. The Catholic Church teaches that the new Jerusalem, the holy city, is already on earth, that the children of the holy mother Church, through their baptism, "SHARE" in this blessed hope and are "GATHERED" into it. The Kingdom of God, the new Jerusalem, the holy city, is spiritual in nature. It is through our spirit that we worship God in spirit, such being pleasing to God.

Catechism # 2016 "The children of our holy mother the Church rightly hope for the grace of final perseverance and the recompense of God their Father for the good works accomplished with his grace in communion with Jesus. Keeping the same rule of life, believers SHARE the "blessed hope" of those whom the divine mercy GATHERS into the "holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband."

The alleged locution of Fr. Stefano Gobbi opposes the teachings of the Holy Catholic Church! Such a belief is not biblical in nature! Since it is a deception, it cannot be of God, nor of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

In consideration that this alleged private locution was given to Fr. Gobbi on January 1, 1990, the period of exactly 10 years, one decade, would have ended on December 31, 1999.

None of the events which Fr. Gobbi has alleged as coming from Our Lady since 1972 have come to pass. Christ has not been born again! The Kingdom of God did not come on earth because it was already here! The antichrist did not take over the Holy Catholic Church! And the list of deceptions continues... Such lies CANNOT originate from the Blessed Virgin Mary.

This is another deception with claims of the coming triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, new heavens and a new earth and the return of Jesus in glory.

The Holy Catholic Church teaches that the belief of the return of Christ to reign on earth in the form of a secular messianism is the Antichrist deception. (C.C.C. # 676) The new heavens and the new earth had their beginning during the generation that lived in the day of Jesus according to His own Sacred Words. The new earth echoes the Kingdom of God on earth, Christ having conquered Satan through His Blood on the Cross. The temporary new Heaven occurred when Satan was thrown out of Heaven by St. Michael the Archangel at which time Christ conquered sin through His Blood. This new Heaven will be reach its fullness on the day of the final return of Christ. On this subject, the Catholic Church states,

"Though already present in his Church, Christ's reign is nevertheless yet to be fulfilled "with power and great glory" by the king's return to earth. (Lk. 21:27; Mt. 25:31). This reign is still under attack by the evil powers, even though they have been defeated definitively by Christ's Passover. (2 Thess. 2:7). Until everything is subject to him, "until there be realized new heavens and a new earth in which justice dwells, the pilgrim Church, in her sacraments and institutions, which belong to this present age, carries the mark of this world which will pass, and she herself takes his place among the creatures which groan and travail yet and await the revelation of the sons of God." (2 Pet. 3:13; Rom. 8:19-22; 1 Cor. 15:28). That is why Christians pray, above all in the Eucharist, to hasten Christ's return by saying to him (1 Corinthians 11,26; 2 Pet. 3:11-12): Marana tha! "Our Lord come!" (1 Cor. 16:22; Rev. 22:17, 20)." (C.C.C. # 671)

What about the Triumph of the Immaculate Heart you may ask? Let us look at the facts. In 1884, Pope Leo XIII had a vision while celebrating the Holy Mass at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. In a conversation between Christ and Satan, Satan indicated he could destroy the Church if he was given 100 years. Satan was given his 100 years. One hundred years later to the day, in March, 1994, Pope John Paul II and the bishops throughout the world consecrated Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Sister Lucia later affirmed that the Consecration had properly been done.

Starting from March 25, 1984, on the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima on May 13 th of that same year, 80% of Russia' missiles were destroyed from an explosion. On December 13 rd of the same year, another explosion in Siberia destroyed the largest ammunition base of Russia. In the next 2 weeks, Marshal Ustinov, the Minister of Defence and Marshal Sodolov, the 2 nd Minister of Defence both died 3 days apart. One year after the Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, President Chernenko died and Mikhial Gorbachev became the new President. A baptized Christian, although still a communist, he brought in the freedom of the press and freedom of religion. This destroyed communism and freed fifteen republics from the communist chains of Russia. In consideration of all this, can it not be said that in the end, the Immaculate Heart of Mary did conquer communism?

Now some will say, "Yes but look at all the abuses being reported in the Church. How could the Immaculate Heart of Mary have conquered when there is so much evil?"

There are two answers to that question. First of all, the Immaculate Heart of Mary promised to destroy communism, not to fix all the problems of the Church. Secondly, it was not until the later part of the 1980's that world Governments started protecting children against abuses, this being after the Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Most of the cases of abuses that are being reported today, are cases of abuse that occurred 20, 30 and 40 years ago, during the 100 years that Satan was given power over the Holy Catholic Church to try and destroy it. What we are seeing now is the fruit of Satan's damage; the clean-up phase of the Church; the sins of those who were not strong enough to overcome the temptations of Satan and his demons; the fruit of some who were never called to the religious life by God, etc... When a natural disaster strikes an area, there is always a clean-up stage afterwards. Equally, now that the spiritual disaster has passed over the Holy Catholic Church, it must go through a clean-up stage.

When considering the clean-up stage that the Holy Catholic Church has been undergoing, can it not be said that the Immaculate Heart of Mary continues to oversee the Church alongside the Holy Spirit?

"Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles? In the same way, every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus you will know them by their fruits." [Mt. 7:15-20]

When speaking of the fruit of the locutions of Fr. Gobbi, specific reference is made here to the Cenacles. What do the members of the Cenacles believe? I can only speak for those in my Diocese. But if this is a reflection of what is happening worldwide, the fruit speaks for itself. I choose at this time to allow a former parishioner to explain in his words his personal experience with the Cenacles.

"My first experience with a member of the Cenacles was in 1998 when I was searching for a copy of the book 'To The Priests, Our Lady's Beloved.' I tracked down one of the members by telephoned and went to his home to pick up an older copy of the book. Being in a rush, I was unable to stay and entertain the member of the Cenacle who seemed rather anxious to have me stay so he could explain some great thing that was about to happen that only the Cenacle members knew about. Leaving his home, I was anxious to read the book to see what this great thing was all about."

"My second contact with members from different Cenacles was when they brought an alleged locutionist from the United States to my Parish. I attended part of the daily meeting. At the door stood a man who had a large crucifix around his neck. My first impression was that he was a Bishop, but he was not wearing clergy clothing. Therefore, I asked him if he was a priest. His answer was, 'Not in this parish.' I later learned that he was a lay person. At some point, this same man approached me and told me that Christ was returning on earth to reign in his worldly kingdom. When I told him that I did not believe it because it was not a Catholic teaching, he walked away from me."

"My next encounter with members from different Cenacles was when a priest from out of Province came to do a presentation in our Parish. I attended part of the meeting during which a movie was shown and the priest answered questions. To be honest with you, I felt like an outsider and did not have a clue as of yet what the Cenacles were all about. As the priest put it, 'There are Catholics and there are Catholics' implying that the members of the Cenacles are the Catholics and the others are all lost! Now, knowing more about Father Gobbi's locutions, I understand where he was coming from... only those who belong to Father Gobbi's movement are saved. The others are all damned, including myself. At least, this is what they believe. During this entire meeting, the priest spoke in riddles, never clearly enough so an outsider as myself could understand what he was talking about. This was more or less a secretive meeting, spoken in parables, so only the members would understand. This certainly did not shine in Christian love and openness."

"My next involvement with members of different Cenacles was when I went to one of their monthly hour of adoration. I had great difficulty accepting the fact that rather then reading from the Holy Bible, they read from Father Gobbi's locutions and preached on his ministry. Knowing the content of the book which is full of non-Catholic teachings, I refused to further get involved with this group."

"My next contact came by telephone. A member of one of the local Cenacles who meets for adoration once a month was inquiring about Marian Sacramentals. The conversation turned to my being informed that our present Pope was a false Pope; the previous one had been murdered; Jesus is coming back to reign on earth; none of the present priests are validly ordained because they were all ordained by bishops who were not validly consecrated by a false Pope; etc... I listened to the heresies of this lady for one hour, attempting to correct her in her errors, such proving fruitless because she was convinced that she was right. Her beliefs were a combination of all the false locutionists that are presently hammering the Holy Catholic Church with deceptions and lies."

"My last contact with members of different Cenacles was when I decided to attend a local Church that has the Holy Mass in Latin. To my surprise, I realized that those who were attending the Latin Mass were mostly all members of the Cenacles."

"A couple of weeks later, I was reading an article about Traditionalist members of the Catholic Church who reject Vatican II, the Holy Mass in the language of the land, Communion in the hand, etc... I then realized that the members of the Cenacles fit this perfect description. They are awaiting for the Second Coming of Christ to reign on earth so He can 'fix' things, to undo all the progressive work of the Holy Spirit in the Catholic Church since Vatican II. They have become a Church within a Church, remaining secretive about their false hopes. Such is not surprising since the alleged locutions of Fr. Gobbi command them to be silent, not to say anything to those who question them. In their eyes, to be questioned means to be persecuted. This is all part of the brainwashing process that they undergo once they join the movement. They believe that they are right, that they are the only Catholics, and that everybody else is wrong and damned!"

The above is but a small reflection of the beliefs that are being held by the members of the Cenacles. As a priest, during my ministry in the service of the Lord Jesus, I have come across many of the deceptions that are embraced by members of the Cenacles.

In conclusion, I can state that one alleged interior locution of Fr. Stefano Gobbi holds truth,

# 58(e) "There are also speaking today false prophets, who announce the Gospel by betraying it, and these are listened to and followed! And they bring disorder and confusion among the most faithful children of my Church.

The alleged interior locutions of Fr. Stefano Gobbi, being nothing else but personal reflections, have served no other purpose but to damage the faith of many believers for the last twenty-five years. They have erased the truth from the soul of many who await the Second Coming of Christ, they rejecting that the Kingdom of God is presently on earth, being manifested through the Holy Catholic Church.

These deceptions have so severely erased the truth and sound doctrines from the hearts of so many of the faithful Catholics that it will take years of re-evangelization to correct the damage that has been done to their faith, if it is not too late for some of them!

In consideration that Fr. Gobbi has elevated himself as one of the new Saviours of the world and as one of the only future remaining lights in the world, such being a heresy, the book "To The Priests Our Lady's Beloved Sons" distributed by the Marian Movement of Priests, should be banned from every Catholic Church around the world before other faithful members of the Body of Christ are brainwashed into believing deceptions, the faithful risking to lose their precious faith in Christ.

There is a time to be silent and a time to speak up. Until now, the clergy has remained silent for too long. Now is the time to speak up and to expose the deceptions. As members of the clergy, we are responsible for the souls that are placed under our care. The longer we remain silent, the more we will have to answer to the Lord Jesus on our Judgment Day. For a soul that believes in the Antichrist deception is a soul that is lost. A soul that believes that Fr. Gobbi will be one of the new Saviours is a soul that is lost.

Finally, this writer does not condemn genuine Marian devotion. To the contrary, he encourages the priests and lay members of the Body of Christ to reorganize themselves by embracing a Marian Movement that is faithful to the teachings of the Magisterium. The Holy Catholic Church has sufficient riches in its teachings, in its Sacraments, in its devotions, in its Sacramentals and in the Marian Doctrines to feed the souls of those who hunger for many years to come. Let us pray that through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, the Lord Jesus will raise a sound international Movement so that those who hunger, they may be fed by the abunding grace of God.