APPARITIONS
OF JESUS AND MARY

The Apparitions of Our Blessed Mother at Cuapa Nicaragua
(A translation of the Bishop's Report from the original)

Cuapa is a small valley, belonging to the Municipality of Juigalpa, in Chontales. Its inhabitants are the smallest proprietors of cattle ranches. It is a tranquil place with little hills typical of the region of Chontales.

It has been three years now, that one of the peasants from the area arrived communicating a message which he said he received from Mary in a series of dreams and apparitions.

To discern the truth of these acts depends more on the extraordinary signs from God than the simple analysis of the events.

There have been circulated, nonetheless, versions that misrepresent the events and that distort the contents of the message. For that reason, because of the duty and obligation to protect the wholesome piety of the faithful and for the truth of the events, in my capacity as Bishop of the area, I find an obligation to assure the authenticity of the events in order to be able to assist in discerning the true value of the alluded to message.

With this purpose in mind, I sought the collaboration of some individuals in order to gather with the greatest accuracy possible and from the personal testimony of the one who saw the visions, a report of the events, without omitting the adjunct testimony that could confirm the verbally reported events.

In the first place, it is our intent to clarify the contents of the message in order to be able to establish its concordance with the evangelical message, that as a church, we are obliged to publicly acclaim and develop to its full force and plenitude.

The "report" that we present retains the accurate content and language used by the individual who received the visions.

For our part, we are surprised at the emphasis that is given to the responsibilities that weigh on man in the duty to "make peace" and to "construct the world"; a religious emphasis that is not typical of popular religion, which more than likely leaves it all up to God.

We hope the report which we present will serve as an invitation to reflect on the social obligations that very often are largely forgotten by many of our Christians.

NOTE: This page was copied by hand typing it from a the Bishop's report faxed to us by Carlos Mantica. The copy was too poor for scanning. Words or letters in parentheses (?) indicated ones that were smudged on the fax copy.

The testimony of the visionary, Bernardo Martinez, follows - - -

CARLOS MANTICA, a Nicaraguan documentary filmmaker, has supplied all the information for this site.

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