According to reports circulating on the Internet, Vassula Rydén, 82, an
author and public speaker who claims to have received messages from
Jesus Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, has died.
She developed
a large following, especially among confused Novus Ordo Catholics, who
came to her lectures and bought her writings and tapes.
In 1995,
the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith issued a Notification on
her writings, stating that her messages should not be considered
supernatural.
It appears that Vassula died on the night of 24-25
September after her operation on Monday. "True Life in God Greece wrote
that "today, at 2:30 am, Vassula went to be with Jesus".
On 11
September, Vassula had surgery involving an endoscopy to put in place a
stent but the endoscopy was unsuccessful. The doctor had to give up
because of a hard lump in the stomach which prevented him from going
further with the camera and the robot and was therefore unable to place
the stent.
Therefore, Vassula had to be brought to a hospital in
Athens for this operation to be conducted by a specialist in medical
robotics. Since then she was in hospital and in need of painkillers.
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