From Forums of the Virgin Mary [initial translation]:
Padre Pio manifested himself in South America — and a New Age sect says he is an alien.
There is news that Padre Pio has manifested himself in various parts of the world.
But there is an area, far from Italy, that has become the highest number of instances.
It is an area in South America, in Uruguay, on the border with Argentina and not far from the border with Brazil.
But in response, a New Age sect was installed there, to take advantage of the spiritual value of the area and dedicate itself to its proclamation of the extraterrestrials, diverting what was a divine manifestation.
Despite that, the true divine manifestation continues to bear fruit in the area. [SD note: But it is your discernment]
Here we will talk about the manifestations of Padre Pio that took place in the north of Uruguay, in the Catholic environment, and how a New Age sect makes its business selling planetary healing services.
The north of Uruguay, on the border of the departments of Salto and Paysandú, and fronting the Argentine city of Concordia, is considered by geologists to be rich in quartz and crystals. The New Agers say that it is an energetic zone.
Followers of the UFO phenomenon go there to make sightings, and even astronauts Armstrong and Collins were there, because on February 4, 1976, there would have been a sighting of an alleged gigantic spacecraft, at Estancia La Aurora, owned by the Tonna family.
[But back to the mystical]: In this area there were several demonstrations of that produced by Padre Pio, and as stated, that has been exploited for tourism by a New Age group, to establish what they call a planetary healing center — which they say has Padre Pio as its central figure.
It’s a whole mix of things; we know that the evil one is an expert in producing confusion, using the works of God to produce a reverse mirror.
Padre Pio’s presence in the area began in 1921, when the Catholic priest Fernando Damiani, while in Rome, went to San Giovanni Rotondo, where he learned that there was a Capuchin who could cure him of a coronary ailment. [scroll for more]:
Padre Pio blessed him and only told him, “Now go see the doctors.” They told him that he was cured!
And so these two men struck up a friendly relationship and Damiani returned several times to see Padre Pio, as his “spiritual son.”
And he even brought his brother Victor Damiani, a well-known baritone, who gave performances to raise funds for the construction of the Sollievo della Soferenza hospital, which was just beginning at San Giovanni Rotundo.
Once, as Bishop of Salto, Damiani had a health breakdown and Padre Pio told him, “You will not die, you will return to your diocese and you will work a few more years for the glory of God and the good of souls.”
“Well, I will go, if you promise me that you will assist me at the hour of my death,” replied Monsignor Damiani.
And Padre Pio told him, “I promise you and you will be well taken care of”.
Monsignor Damiani returned to Uruguay and worked for four years in his diocese.
In 1941 Monsignor Alfredo Viola celebrated his priestly silver anniversary and Uruguayan bishops and some Argentines met in the Episcopal Palace of Salto, Uruguay, taking the opportunity to hold a meeting on priestly vocations.
Among them was Monsignor Damiani, the host.
Around midnight the Archbishop of Montevideo, Cardinal Antonio María Barbieri, awoke to hear a knock at his door.
And a Capuchin friar appeared in the gloom, saying, “Go immediately to see Monsignor Damiani, who is dying.”
Cardinal Barbieri, along with eight priests and three bishops, ran to Monsignor Damiani’s room, just in time for Damiani to receive Extreme Unction and write on a piece of paper: “Padre Pio…”, and he could not finish the sentence.
Padre Pio thus fulfilled his promise that he would be with Damiani and well-assisted.
There were many witnesses who saw a Capuchin in the corridors, but there were none at the event.
And after several years Monsignor Barbieri traveled to San Giovanni and asked Padre Pio, “Were you in Uruguay when Monsignor Damiani passed away? Because I understand that you never left San Giovanni Rotondo.”
And Padre Pio told him, “You and I know it.”
Let us remember that Padre Pio was famous for his bilocations.
In the Salto and Paysandú area were several spiritual sons of Padre Pio in addition to Damiani. One of them was Don Ángel María Tonna, brother of the Bishop of the department of Florida, Uruguay, Monsignor Humberto Tonna, and owner of the famous La Aurora ranch.
Don Ángel María Tonna had promised Padre Pio to make a sculpture of him to celebrate his 100th birthday.
Padre Pio gave him instructions in letters from the years 1948 and 1950, in which he said that the statue should represent him in his time of strength and youth.
The year 1987 had arrived and Tonna did not know how to do it, he was just an agricultural producer –when, providentially, two strangers arrived at the ranch, Guillermo Beckes and María de las Mercedes Schoenemman.
Bishop Tonna told them about the promise he’d made and to everyone’s surprise, they were two well-known Argentine sculptors, promising to do the project.
He gave them the instructions that Padre Pio had sent him and the sculptors settled in the room, completing the sculpture in nine days.
But when he saw it finished, it turned out that the expression on Padre Pio’s face was not the right one for Tonna.
He told the sculptors his feelings, which were met with resignation, but Tonna told them to leave it as it was — to let it be what God wants.
And when they finished talking and Tonna was walking away, the head of the statue impossibly fell to the ground and shattered.
So the sculptors took two days to remake it.
And there it was the one that Tonna wanted and approved!
And on May 25, 1987, when Padre Pio would have turned 100, the grotto was inaugurated in the room with the statue of Padre Pio.
It was located in the place where Tonna had had a vision on January 8, 1987, and was blessed by the Bishop of Salto, Monsignor Nicolini.
And curiously, the Mass was celebrated by the French priest Claude Rathelot, who expressly requested it because he had arrived in Montevideo the day before due to an error on the flight and he’d read the newspaper announcing the inauguration, showing up without even thinking about it and asking to celebrate it.
John Paul II sent a special blessing through the Bishop of Florida (Uruguay) and prayed for him over Padre Pio’s tomb in San Giovanni Rotondo, where he was for five days. [scroll for more]:
The statue was placed in the grotto, which is known as the Grotto of Padre Pio and attended by Catholic pilgrimages and retreats.
But the evil one always sticks his tail in, behaving like God’s monkey.
And a New Age congregation, called the “Order of Grace and Mercy,” has settled in the area and built a healing center called the Aurora Planetary Center, which they say projects healing energy.
They do what they call spiritual and cosmic healing, to advance in evolution.
There they appeal to the figure of Padre Pio, whom they call Muriel, who they say is in charge of bringing all the processes of healing and planetary redemption to the surface.
He is supposedly the guardian and guide of all the healing processes that take place anywhere, as well as the redemption process.
This sect is presented under external Catholic formats; for example, they practice devotion to the Virgin, whom they call Mahindra.
And they say that they receive messages and apparitions from her, under the name of “Mother of the Divine Conception of the Trinity.” They practice praying something very similar to our traditional Rosary and quote John Paul II about praying it.
They dress like nuns and monks with a white alb and a kind of brown stole.
They are seen in videos singing Catholic prayers, leading many bona fide Catholics to confusion.
They even went to Catholic Masses, approaching the sacraments and then inviting people to their activities, as if it were an ecclesial movement or Catholic congregation.
So the bishopric of Salto forbade them Communion.
Its doctrine is obviously incompatible with the catholic one.
They refer to Jesus Christ as “Samana,” or the 11th Adam in another age, or the Master of the Circle.
They believe advances in evolution will be the result of a genetic engineering project carried out by extraterrestrials sent by the “Highest Hierarchies” and the “Sidereal Monitors,” in a laboratory ship thirty miles in diameter.
They believe in things such as reincarnation, Atlantis, the Andromeda 9, extraterrestrials and intraterrestrials, transmigrations, galactic ships; they try to claim that the star of Bethlehem was a spaceship. And on the silliness goes.
The three founders of this current are José Trigueirinho Netto, Fray Artur, and Mother Shimani, whose real name is Elizabeth César; they are responsible for the activities in La Aurora and are active in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay, and are linked to a world organization called the “Great White Brotherhood.”
Well up to here what we wanted to talk about the presence of Padre Pio in the Estancia la Aurora area in the north of Uruguay, and how these manifestations have given rise to a New Age sect setting up a planetary healing center there, confusing what happened there.
And we at Forums would like to ask you if you have had or know someone who has had any manifestation of Padre Pio.
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