It's about to become very rare for the Vatican to gives its stamp of approval to supernatural claims of weeping statues of the Virgin Mary and divine apparitions. Under new guidelines revealed Friday, the Vatican has radically reformed its process for evaluating seemingly supernatural phenomena. In the document, church leaders make clear that the intention of the guidelines' revisions is not to deny all new claims that emerge. New norms replace 1978 guidelinesThe last time the Vatican issued rulings on supernatural phenomena was in 1978, but those guidelines were kept secret until 2011. In the document, church leaders expressed concern about charlatans attempting to make money or gain power by manipulating people's beliefs.

Source: The Herald May 17, 2024 14:41 UTC