31/05/2023
Mary, Mediatrix of All Grace (Spanish: María, Mediadora de Toda-Gracia; Tagalog: María, Tagapamagitan ng Lahat ng Biyaya) is a Marian apparition that took place in the Carmelite Monastery of Lipa, Batangas, Philippines, to a former Carmelite postulant, Teresita Castillo.[2] The original statue associated with the apparition is currently enshrined at the monastery.
Initially declared as "non-supernatural" after an investigation by six Filipino bishops headed by Cardinal Rufino Santos on April 11, 1951, the case was reopened in 1991 by the local bishop. On September 12, 2015, the Archbishop of Lipa Ramón Argüelles, against explicit direction from the Holy See and the Bishops' Conference of the Philippines, formally approved the apparitions, declaring them "supernatural in character and worthy of belief." In response, the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, on December 11, 2015, declared the apparition non-supernatural.[1][3] The Archbishop of Lipa received the official copy of the final verdict on May 31. On June 1, 2016, Archbishop Arguelles released a public statement retracting his episcopal judgment on the controversial matter, reverting to the decision issued by the Holy See.
