Born in Rome on November 9, 1862, Archbishop Carinci was secretary of the Congregation of Rites (now the Congregation for the Causes of Saints).
A close associate of Pius XII, he was therefore deeply committed to the observance of liturgical rules.
During one of his visits to Maria Valtorta, whom he considered a saint, he himself celebrated Mass in her room. Archbishop Carinci was not afraid to put himself in the public eye, but he nevertheless refused to use his personal authority to defend Valtorta’s cause; he said, in fact, “It is his role, speaking of the Lord, the true Author of the Work.”
He had no doubt about the supernatural origin of the work, in which “the doctrinal part is not separate from the narrative: it is artistically interwoven with it. It contains numerous discourses of Our Lord, the apostles, and other figures.
I found nothing in it that contradicts the Gospel. Rather, it is a good complement that enhances its meaning.” (Attestation of Bishop Carinci, 1952) He died at over one hundred years of age on December 6, 1963.
