Essay: The Vatican is cracking down on miracles. Here are the new rules for ‘supernatural’ occurrences
In an article first published on The Conversation, PHILIP C ALMOND, emeritus professor in the history of religious thought at The University of Queensland, looks at the new norms for differentiating supernatural phenomena from the natural within the Catholic Church…
Vatican issues new norms to rein in supernatural phenomena
Vatican City RNS Weeping Madonnas, bleeding hosts and saintly apparitions will have to be approved by the Vatican’s doctrinal office, according to a new document issued by the same office on Friday, at a time when social media spreads reports of supernatural occurrences well beyond diocesan borders and away from church oversight. The new norms […]
Catholic Church: Vatican to weigh in on the supernatural, Marian apparitions
This Friday, the Vatican will release a document with new norms for discerning Marian apparitions and other supernatural phenomena. CLAIRE GIANGRAVÉ and ALEJA HERTZLER-MCCAIN, of Religion News Service, report…