The Vatican, after years of studies and monitoring, has recognized as true the Marian apparitions that occurred in a small ...

In 2020, the current bishop, with the backing of the Vatican, reaffirmed the 1974 negative judgment from the Vatican about the supernaturality of “apparitions and revelations.” Army of Mary ...

“You do not have to believe in Marian apparitions to be a good Catholic,” Father James Martin writes. “But I do. I’ve never had a problem believing in them.” ...

On Friday, May 17, 2024, the Vatican will issue revised norms for discerning apparitions "and other supernatural phenomena," updating a set of guidelines first issued in 1978. Credit: AP/Paulo ...

The alleged apparition, in which the Virgin Mary reportedly appeared to a 21-year-old Discalced Carmelite postulant named Sister Teresita Castillo in Lipa City for 15 days beginning on Sept. 12 ...

The shrine at Lourdes, France, where the Virgin Mary is venerated as 'Our Lady of Lourdes,' following several apparitions reported in 1858. (LandFoto/iStock / Getty Images Plus) ...

Some of the Catholic Church's Best-Known Approved, and Not Approved, Reports of Apparitions of Mary VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican has revised how it evaluates purported supernatural events ...

In 2020, the current bishop, with the backing of the Vatican, reaffirmed the 1974 negative judgment from the Vatican about the supernaturality of the alleged “apparitions and revelations.” ...

Some of the Catholic Church’s best-known approved, and not approved, reports of apparitions of Mary Previously approved apparitions have turned these sites into major pilgrimage destinations ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican has revised how it evaluates purported supernatural events, such as reported visions of the Virgin Mary, to guard against hoaxes and account for news going viral ...

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican has revised how it evaluates purported supernatural events, such as reported visions of the Virgin Mary, to guard against hoaxes and account for news going viral.