Since 1900, more than 120 alleged Marian apparitions have received an official rejection from Church authorities; and new Vatican norms could lead to more explicit rejections.

She explained Marian apparitions do not introduce new revelation; they bring “a spiritually fruitful actualization of the Gospel in human history. ...

“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.” ...

The sole approved Marian apparitions in the U.S., a series of apparitions to a young woman in Champion, Wisconsin, in 1859, only received that approval in 2010.

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 ...

Some disputed Marian apparitions include: — Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina: In 1981, six children and teenagers said they saw apparitions of Mary on a hill in the village of Medjugorje, ...

Marian apparitions. Vatican issues new norms to rein in supernatural phenomena. By Claire Giangravé — May 17, 2024. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Once left only to local bishops, the Vatican doctrinal ...

The new observatory will take a multidisciplinary approach to the study of Marian apparitions with scholars from the areas of sociology, culture, psychology, medicine, and theology, Del Gaudio said.

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 ...

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.

Some disputed Marian apparitions include: -Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina: In 1981, six children and teenagers said they saw apparitions of Mary on a hill in the village of Medjugorje, ...