The Vatican has given the “green light” to the phenomena related to the “Mercy of the Holy Trinity” Shrine in the village of Maccio (Italy), where Gioacchino Genovese is said to have perceived a “living presence of the mystery of the Holy Trinity” since 2000.
Based on the new norms for the study of apparitions in the Catholic Church, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has confirmed the Nihil obstat (nothing stands in the way) of what was reported by Genovese, a music teacher, married and father of two daughters, who claimed to have perceived “intellectual visions” that he left in writing.
In a letter approved by Pope Francis and addressed to the Bishop of Como (Italy), Msgr. Oscar Cantoni, the prefect of the Dicastery, Cardinal Victor Fernandez, highlights the positive elements of these phenomena and also clarifies certain aspects.
The Court also clarifies that there is no provision for a declaration of the supernatural nature of the events, “but rather the possibility of closing the case with other definitive judgments.”
Gioacchino Genovese, 64, is married with two daughters and is a music teacher and choir director at the parish of Santa Maria Assunta in Maccio, in the town of Villa Guardia, in the Italian province of Como, where he experienced a series of apparitions and revelations 24 years ago.
Those who know him describe him as a reserved, shy and low-profile person. In fact, he only spoke about these phenomena with the parish priest and the former Bishop of Como (Italy), Monsignor Coletti.
Since 2000, the Italian claimed to have seen the Virgin Mary and perceived “a living presence of the mystery of the Holy Trinity in intellectual visions.”
Genovese wrote down his experiences in more than 300 pages, which were investigated in 2010 by a study commission made up of six priests.
On November 28 of that same year, the Bishop granted the parish church the title of “Sanctuary” under the name “Mercy of the Holy Trinity.”
In the letter published on July 24, Cardinal Fernandez lists the positive elements of these alleged supernatural phenomena, highlighting that the “Trinity is the source of mercy and its perfect realization.”
“In the light of this conviction, what is repeatedly affirmed about the mercy of God or of Christ in the writings on spirituality and in the Magisterium, takes on a strong Trinitarian meaning,” the letter reads.
He also stressed that Genovese’s spiritual experience “is in line with the rediscovery of the centrality of the Holy Trinity for Christian faith and life that has taken place in the last century.”
In his writings, the cardinal continues, “this truth is expressed insistently and the message of Mercy that springs from the Trinitarian We is charged with beauty. In the Son of God made man, from his Incarnation until today, the infinite love of the Trinitarian Communion is manifested for us.”
He also points out that the Church “is called to rediscover, increasingly, in the acts of Christ, that infinite mercy of the triune God, which in the writings of Mr. Genovese is called the Trinity of Mercy.”