10 July 2004Prot. N. 54/92-19631
Eminence/Excellency,
As you know, this Congregation published a Notification in 1995 on
the writings of Mrs. Vassula Ryden. Afterwards, and at her request, a
thorough dialogue followed. At the conclusion of this dialogue, a letter
of Mrs. Ryden dated 4 April 2002 was subsequently published in the
latest volume of "True Life in God", in which Mrs. Ryden supplies useful
clarifications regarding her marital situation, as well as some
difficulties which in the aforesaid Notification were suggested towards
her writings and her participation in the sacraments (cf. Attachment).*
Since the aforementioned writings have enjoyed a certain diffusion in
your country, this Congregation has deemed it useful to inform you of
the above. Concerning the participation in the ecumenical prayer groups
organized by Mrs. Ryden, the Catholic faithful should be called to
follow the dispositions of the Diocesan Bishops.
In communicating to you the above, I use the occasion to assure you
of my lasting and profound esteem.
Joseph Card. Ratzinger
Prefect
* [This attachment with the clarifications is
available on the True Life in God website.]
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