[katoliko] Julia Kim, visionary of Naju, excommunicated
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Carlos Antonio Palad
Feb 4, 2008, 1:08:34 AM2/4/08
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Julia Youn is the married name of Julia Kim. Most of us know her as the visionary of Naju. The Naju apparitions were very popular in the Philippines because of the support of Fr. Jerry Orbos SVD and other priests and prelates. I myself believed in these revelations until quite recently, when word began coming out that all was not well....
It is so sad to see all of this coming to a tragic end. Let us take this opportunity to educate ourselves and others about the need to be very prudent and extremely cautious about private revelations and alleged visions.
Given the sensitivity of this case, I also hope that some of you could contact Fr. Paul of "Know the Truth" and beseech him to cease endorsing the visions of Julia Youn in his magazine, now that the Church has passed judgment.
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Korean archbishop declares alleged Marian visionary excommunicated
By Catholic News Service
By Catholic News Service
Posted: 1/25/2008
SEOUL, South Korea (CNS) -- A South Korean archbishop said an alleged Marian visionary and her followers have been excommunicated automatically.
Archbishop Andreas Choi Chang-mou of Kwangju issued the decree Jan. 21, saying "for Christians' healthy faith life and the unity and communion of the church, I declare as such, though my heart grieves."
The decree was released to all dioceses and media Jan. 23, reported the Asian church news agency UCA News.
The Kwangju Archdiocese issued directives in 1998, 2003 and 2005 banning Catholics from visiting and participating in ceremonies in Naju, South Korea. The Korean bishops' conference supported the archdiocese.
Archbishop Choi said he met with Julia Youn, 60, and her husband in Naju in 2003 to warn them against promoting the alleged apparitions and later gave her a final warning in 2005, but they did not modify their actions. The excommunication was not imposed by judgment but automatically results from an action that places one outside the community of faith, Archbishop Choi said.
"Rather, they speak as if the Holy Father approves them," the archbishop said. "They libel me, the Korean bishops and the Korean church through their publications and the Internet."
These actions prove "Julia Youn and her followers have no will to reconcile with the Catholic Church," he said.
"Therefore those clergy, religious and laity who preside at or participate in sacraments and liturgical ceremonies in their ... chapel and Marian shrine in Naju, which I have banned, incur automatic excommunication," he said.
According to the Web site created by Youn's followers -- www.najumary.or.kr -- Youn has received Marian revelations since her statue of Mary started weeping in 1985. After that, Youn and her followers established Blessed Mother's Mountain in Naju.
Youn's followers have responded to the excommunication decree by denouncing it as the "worst measure" and a "heretical error."
Archbishop Andreas Choi Chang-mou of Kwangju issued the decree Jan. 21, saying "for Christians' healthy faith life and the unity and communion of the church, I declare as such, though my heart grieves."
The decree was released to all dioceses and media Jan. 23, reported the Asian church news agency UCA News.
The Kwangju Archdiocese issued directives in 1998, 2003 and 2005 banning Catholics from visiting and participating in ceremonies in Naju, South Korea. The Korean bishops' conference supported the archdiocese.
Archbishop Choi said he met with Julia Youn, 60, and her husband in Naju in 2003 to warn them against promoting the alleged apparitions and later gave her a final warning in 2005, but they did not modify their actions. The excommunication was not imposed by judgment but automatically results from an action that places one outside the community of faith, Archbishop Choi said.
"Rather, they speak as if the Holy Father approves them," the archbishop said. "They libel me, the Korean bishops and the Korean church through their publications and the Internet."
These actions prove "Julia Youn and her followers have no will to reconcile with the Catholic Church," he said.
"Therefore those clergy, religious and laity who preside at or participate in sacraments and liturgical ceremonies in their ... chapel and Marian shrine in Naju, which I have banned, incur automatic excommunication," he said.
According to the Web site created by Youn's followers -- www.najumary.or.kr -- Youn has received Marian revelations since her statue of Mary started weeping in 1985. After that, Youn and her followers established Blessed Mother's Mountain in Naju.
Youn's followers have responded to the excommunication decree by denouncing it as the "worst measure" and a "heretical error."
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