The age of social media has led to an escalation of alleged sightings, with Pope Francis casting scepticism on their validity. In an interview with Italian broadcaster, RAI TV, last year he said ...
Claims of religious phenomena are said to have soared in recent years in an era of social media When are reports of a weeping statue fake news? How credible is the claim that a holy relic led to a ...
The Vatican has tightened its rules on verifying supernatural phenomena in an effort to stop the Catholic faithful from falling for religious hoaxes. Alleged sightings of the Virgin Mary, weeping ...
The Vatican, led by Pope Francis, endorses popular apparitions like those in Lourdes, France, and Fatima, Portugal, amidst challenges of evaluating new claims in the age of social media.
The Vatican has radically reformed its process for evaluating alleged visions of the Virgin Mary, weeping statues and other seemingly supernatural phenomena, putting the brakes on making ...
The Vatican has tightened its rules on verifying supernatural phenomena in an effort to stop the Catholic faithful from falling for religious hoaxes. Alleged sightings of the Virgin Mary, weeping ...
When are reports of a weeping statue fake news? How credible is the claim that a holy relic led to a miraculous healing? And how should a divine apparition be confirmed? These are the themes ...
The Vatican has tightened its rules on verifying supernatural phenomena in an effort to stop the Catholic faithful from falling for religious hoaxes. Alleged sightings of the Virgin Mary, weeping ...
The document, compiled by the Vatican's Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, lays out stricter rules to assess the truthfulness of such claims. The new guidance was presented at a media ...