142 ‘Notification’ of April 15, 1978: Its Significance for the Promotion of The Divine Mercy Message and Devotion The Marians of the St. Stanislaus Kostka Province realized the importance of the new “Notifi cation” of April 15, 1978, issued by the Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith. It not only lifted the ban on the spreading of the message of The Divine Mercy but also offered a new chapter in the distribution of the salutary message. The Marians, wanting to be true and obedient to the spirit of the new “Notifi cation,” asked the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith for an authoritative interpretation of the “Notifi cation.” On July 12, 1979, the Superior General of the Marians received the following response from the Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith: “In reference to that matter (raised in the letter of Father General) I have the honor of informing you that with the new “Notifi cation” (A.A.S., 30 June 1978, p. 350), arrived at in the light of original documentation examined also by the careful informative intervention of the then Archbishop of Cracow, Cardinal Karol Wojtyła, it was the intention of the Holy See to revoke the prohibition contained in the preceding “Notifi cation” of 1959 (A.A.S, 1959, p. 271), in virtue of which it is understood that there no longer exists, on the part of this S. Congregation, any impediment to the spreading of the devotion to The Divine Mercy in the authentic forms proposed by the Religious Sister mentioned above [The Servant of God Sister Faustina Kowalska]”. Assured that there “no longer exists, on the part of this Sacred Congregation, any impediment to the spreading of the devotion to The Divine Mercy in the authentic forms proposed by the Religious Sister mentioned above” the Marians, with a new vigor and dedication, began to spread the Message and Devotion of The Divine Mercy in the authentic forms proposed by Sister Faustina Kowalska. New Divine Mercy Apostolate and Other Marian Instruments of Promoting The Divine Mercy Message and Devotion The Apostolic Endeavors of Pope John Paul II and the Marians’ Divine Mercy Apostolate Six months after Pope Paul VI lifted the ban, the Archbishop who inaugurated Sr. Faustina’s beatifi cation process was elected Pope. This fact was not
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