VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Once left only to local bishops, the Vatican doctrinal office will now have the ultimate say on apparitions, miracles and the supernatural. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Weeping Madonnas, ...

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, ...

In a document published Friday, the Vatican’s doctrine office outlined its new rules for evaluating phenomena such as apparitions or visions of Jesus Christ or the Virgin Mary. Under the new ...

ROME — Supernatural events like visions of the Virgin Mary and statues weeping tears of blood have for centuries stirred the faithful — and controversy for the Catholic Church. In the age of social ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — 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 ...

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Younger Americans are more likely to express belief in witchcraft and luck, as our new research shows. As sociologists who research the social dynamics of religion in the United States, we conducted a ...

VATICAN CITY — 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 ...

The Santa Monica Public Library will welcome veteran investigator James Underdown for “Fact or Fake? Science Looks at Paranormal Phenomena” on Saturday, Nov. 14 at 2 p.m. in Main Library's MLK, Jr.