I never bought that e.g. Joe Ratzinger ever took any of those dozens Mary apparitions and their various meanings seriously. I mean, come on. He must have thought it was some kind of theatre to keep the uneducated masses in the faith.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
