St Faustina’s story above is pure propaganda nonsense. Faustina (Helena Kowalska) follows a familiar pattern. She was one of ten children born into poverty, uneducated and only semi-literate. No wonder she craved attention. Her ‘visions’ told her to institute a cult of the Divine Mercy, which became another sally in the age-old debate between local cults and Vatican central authority. Being uneducated she did her best, but made some theological gaffes and the Vatican disapproved. <\/p>\n
As is so often the case, the Vatican rethought the issues when it became clear she was popular with the locals (much the same thing happened with Padre Pio- bums on seats outweigh mere considerations of heresy or misconduct). And, of course, a Polish pope wasn’t going to ignore the chance of a Polish saint.<\/p>\n
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