(The Conversation) — The Vatican plans to set up an ‘observatory’ to investigate apparitions of the Virgin Mary. A scholar of global Christianity explains why this is a major shift in how ...

Pope Francis to sit down with 60 Minutes 01:02. Vatican City – The Vatican's doctrinal office has released new norms regarding alleged supernatural phenomena such as apparitions of Mary, weeping ...

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican has overhauled its process for evaluating alleged visions of the Virgin Mary, weeping statues and other seemingly supernatural phenomena that have marked church ...

Religion Vatican moves to adapt to hoaxes, overhauls its process for evaluating visions of Mary The Vatican’s doctrine office revised norms first issued in 1978, arguing that they were no longer ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican on Friday overhauled its process for evaluating alleged visions of the Virgin Mary, weeping statues and other seemingly supernatural phenomena that have marked ...

The Vatican gave its blessing to Catholic worshipers who claim to have seen and spoken to the Virgin Mary at Medjugorje in Bosnia but refused to say whether their visions were real.

The Vatican is providing its long-awaited assessment on one of the more contested aspects of Roman Catholicism in recent years: the reported "apparitions" of the Virgin Mary in an otherwise ...

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 ...

Vatican revamps norms to evaluate visions of Mary as it adapts to internet age and combats hoaxers Nowadays, word about apparitions or weeping Madonnas travels quickly and can actually harm the ...

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican on Thursday gave the green light for Catholics to continue flocking to a southern Bosnian village where children reported seeing visions of the Virgin Mary, offering ...

ROME — Created last year in collaboration with the Vatican Museums, the “May With Mary” pilgrimage includes 10 stops at some of the most important images and statues of the Madonna in the ...

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican on Friday overhauled its process for evaluating alleged visions of the Virgin Mary, weeping statues and other seemingly supernatural phenomena that have marked church ...