What counts as a supernatural event? Vatican overhauls rules amid hoaxes – National
The Vatican on Friday radically reformed its process for evaluating alleged visions of the Virgin Mary, weeping statues and other seemingly supernatural phenomena that have long punctuated church history, putting the brakes on making definitive declarations unless the event is obviously fabricated. The Vatican’s doctrine office overhauled norms first issued in 1978, arguing that they … Read more
