RIZAL RETRACTION

Question 1

the mere omission of duchnews in one or another of the papers does not only imply having anything against its truth. the fact of not having challenges gives more weight to the testimony of the great majority.

Answer 1

TRUE

Question 2

The priest who became God’s instrument in the conversion and retraction of Rizal.

Answer 2

Reverend Vicente Balaguer

Question 3

… Sacred Heart of Jesus. Rizal took the statue given by FATHER PIO PI. Had a lengthy discussion about faith, authority of the Church, the power of the working miracles, death penalty, and the Holy Scriptures.

Answer 3

Reverend Vicente Balaguer

Question 4

Colonel of the Manila Garrison and Judge Advocate in Rizal’s trial, He believed that Rizal made and signed the retraction but not in the chapel.

Answer 4

Captain Rafael Dominguez Garcia

Question 5

Dr. Rizal wrote and signed a document of retraction and profession of Catholic faith, which officers Fresno and Moure also signed as witnesses.

Answer 5

Lt. Mariano Gallegos

Question 6

The priest who brought to Rizal the statuette of the Sacred Heart of Jesus which became a providential instrument of God’s grace and conversion of Rizal. Rizal

Answer 6

Reverend Luiz Viza Marti

Question 7

Superior of the Jesuits in the Philippines who composed the formula of Rizal’s retraction and profession of faith. Testified that Rizal’s holograph was edited, written, and signed by Rizal himself. “

Answer 7

Very Reverend Pio Pi Vidal

Question 8

Chief of the police and official witness of the handwritten retraction and profession of faith by Rizal.

Answer 8

Lt. Juan del Fresno del Amo

Question 9

Adjutant of the Plaza, official witness of the handwritten retraction and profession of faith by Rizal

Answer 9

Lt. Eloy Moure Gomes

Question 10

Archbishop of Manila who sent the Jesuit Fathers to assist Dr. Rizal in his last hours.

Answer 10

Most Reverend Bernardino Nozaleda y Villa

Question 11

The appointed defense counsel of Dr. Rizal before the Court Martial. When Rizal was in the chapel cell, he retracted all his errors. This was heard perfectly by him, who as Defense Counsel, did not leave his defendant on those moments.

Answer 11

Chief Lt. Luis Taviel de Andrade

Question 12

Former Civil Governor of the Philippines who obtained in Fort Santiago direct information about the conversion of Rizal.

Answer 12

Hon. Manuel Sastron

Question 13

1913-1949: She was presented as the star witness to disprove Rizal’s conversion and retraction.

Answer 13

Dona Trinidad Rizal

Question 14

In August 1935, almost three months after Rizal’s retraction document was discovered, Miss Trinidad Rizal, repeated what she said in 1913 that the retraction has no truth. She clarified it with the words, “In my opinion”.

Answer 14

Dona Trinidad Rizal

Question 15

In 1949, in her final declaration she said that she “does not remember having made a declaration in 1913 manifesting that her brother had not abjured Masonry and that she, as well as her mother and sisters, were convinced that the abjuration was fictitious.”

Answer 15

Dona Trinidad Rizal

Question 16

One fact remains relevant; the former interviews were done to obtain proofs against the conversion of Rizal. The last interview in 1949 was not made with any preconceived idea

Answer 16

TRUE

Question 17

Mr. Felix Karag in the same year. Trinidad stated: “I believe he did abjure, and since that document has appeared, and the Spanish authorities of that time told me so, I supposed that it is true. Besides, I believe the Jesuits would not have permitted him to die outside the Catholic religion. And much less would they have permitted him to marry, without first abjuring Masonry.”

Answer 17

TRUE

Question 18

Mr. Karag: “Therefore, as it is obvious, your brother, in order to marry, had to abjure Masonry, and this means, in other words, that he died as a Catholic, doesn’t it?” Miss Trinidad: “Yes, so it does. I am convinced that he died a Catholic.

Answer 18

TRUE

Question 19

We avow that we cannot present any direct proof in favor of Rizal’s conversion and retraction.

Answer 19

Don Paciano Rizal (brother) and Dona Teodora Alonso y Quintos (mother) We

Question 20

In the Noli Me Tangere’s biographical account at the beginning of the book, it said: “Rizal was assisted in the chapel by his professors of old, Fathers Faura, Vilaclara, and Visa, and the missionary Father Balaguer, whom he knew during his exile in Dapitan.”

Answer 20

TRUE

Question 21

According to Don Felix Murugarren, the Manila correspondent to Madrid, El Siglo Futuro, it was a sister of Dr. Jose Rizal who gave him news about the conversion and retraction of the glorious convict. It was this same news he sent by cable to Madrid that was published in El Siglo Futuro soon after Rizal’s execution.

Answer 21

TRUE

Question 22

Father Spada, the father who gave Josephine a first class burial in the Hongkong Catholic cemetery, made an affidavit about what he learned from Josephine. According to Josephine Bracken, Rizal certainly died a Catholic. Obviously, he was converted, at heart, if not in writing, he retracted from his religious errors.

Answer 22

Mrs. Jose Rizal (Josephine Bracken

Question 23

A political prisoner himself like Rizal during the days of the revolution, believed that Dr. Jose Rizal was sincerely converted to the Catholic faith, and hence retracted his religious errors.

Answer 23

Don Felipe Calderon

Question 24

Wrote a booklet entitled La Masonizacion de Filipinas - Rizal y Su Obra.
In the booklet, the whole story of Rizal’s trial, retraction, and death were recounted in detail.
The notes written by the Jesuits were the most probable sources of information.

Answer 24

Don Manuel Garcia Barzanallana

Question 25

“Aglipayanism cannot admit other interpretation than the one we have given: Rizal and Fathers Burgos, Gomez, and Zamora, died in the bosom of our mother, the Catholic Church”.

Answer 25

The Aglipayan Bishops of the Philippine Independent Church

Question 26

“It is not the occasion now to make the criticism of the works of Rizal who died in the bosom of our holy mother the Church, after having abjured his errors and blunders, an abjuration that we ought to take as sincere and candid. Otherwise, the Filipino hero would not raise beyond the narrow limits of an ordinary and vulgar man who, as a fragile bamboo, yields to any wind..”

Answer 26

Very Reverend Serapio Tamayo

Question 27

He is regarded as an anti-friar, who wrote at times as an impious rationalist. The sculpture of the Sacred Heart was believed to be the strongest item to have influenced Rizal to retract. It was precisely the image which helped move Rizal when he was in the prison chapel, and decided him to become reconciled with the Church

Answer 27

Wenceslao Retana

Question 28

He is a 32nd degree Mason, and was considered “the foremost authority on Rizal”. “Nevertheless, the attending circumstances all argue in favor of its having been made. Strongest of all is the testimony of the Jesuits who were not mixed up in the politics of that time”. “I do not think there was any intimidation used when Rizal wrote his retraction. He did it with a free will. There may have been coercion in the case of others who also retracted, but there was none in the case of Rizal”.

Answer 28

Prof. Austin Craig

Question 29

THE BEST EVIDENCE

Answer 29

HOLOGRAPH

Question 30

the suspicion about Rizal’s conversion began to spread in some Filipino circles, the document of retraction could not be easily located amidst the vast piles of papers, documents, and parcels in the archives of the Manila archdiocese. For the first time, Catholics came out to meet the challenge of those who would not believe unless they could see the document. The

Answer 30

TRUE

Question 31

Father Pio Pi, an authority on the matter because of his direct involvement in the events, discussed and published articles about Rizal’s retraction. The Masons kept repeating “no document, hence no retraction, therefore no conversion!”

Answer 31

TRUE

Question 32

Father Garcia was the appointed archivist who was working on the history of the Philippine seminaries. He accidentally stumbled on a bundle of papers entitled “Masoneria”. The retraction and other documents of so many Filipino Freemasons and heroes who came back to the Catholic Church was eventually found.

Answer 32

TRUE

Question 33

Father Garcia called on Monsignor O’Doherty who was in Baguio. O’Doherty was a close friend of President Manuel Quezon. Quezon suggested that the documents be presented to Teodoro Kalaw. But they were hesitant because Kalaw was a 33rd degree Mason himself. Quezon and O’Doherty instead called on Carlos Romulo who was at that time the editor of the paper “The Herald”. On June 15, 1935, The Herald placed in its headlines: “Rizal’s Retraction Found.”

Answer 33

TRUE

Question 34

Romulo examined the documents himself and then presented it to Teodoro Kalaw. Kalaw studied the papers carefully and then admitted without a doubt that those were the missing Rizal documents

Answer 34

TRUE

Question 35

“In conclusion, in this particular case of the retraction of Dr. Jose Rizal, which has been suspected in some quarters as being a forged document, all indications show that it is a genuine authentic old document, written and signed by Dr. Jose Rizal. I have found nothing in it to indicate that it may be a forged or spurious document.”

Answer 35

TRUE