A new miracle at Lourdes was confirmed on Sunday by a French bishop. Bishop Jacques Benoit-Gonin declared the cure of a Catholic nun who was an invalid for nearly four decades and recovered after making a pilgrimage to Lourdes a miracle. It was the 70th miraculous recovery attributed to divine intervention in Lourdes. Benoit-Gonin of Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Miracle’
Our Lady miraculously saves women from ISIS
Thursday, November 2nd, 2017
Hiding under their beds from Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists for eight hours, seven young women prayed Our Lady would save them. She did. The women’s ordeal started last week when ISIS fighters entered the church-run sanctuary in Kirkuk where the women were living. Kirkuk is about 60 kilometres to the south of Mosul. Speaking through Read more
Weeping Statue of Mary in California
Friday, May 27th, 2016A statue of Mary in Fresno, Calif., appears to be weeping miraculous tears, according to witnesses. The family will be contacted by the diocese in a private manner in order to offer pastoral guidance, according to the local bishop. The family that owns the statue says the tears have been coming and going for about Read more
Vatican looking at second Cardinal Newman-related miracle
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2016The Vatican is reportedly investigating a possible miracle which may lead to the canonisation of Blessed Cardinal John Henry Newman. The Archdiocese of Chicago has investigated the inexplicable healing of a young American mother who prayed for Cardinal Newman’s intercession when she became afflicted by a “life-threatening pregnancy”. Doctors who treated her reported that they Read more
Pope asks for prayers for miracle at synod
Friday, July 10th, 2015
Pope Francis has asked a congregation of more than a million people in Ecuador that they pray for a miracle to happen in October’s synod on the family. Preaching at a Mass on Monday at Guayaquil, the Pope said the point of the synod is “to mature a true spiritual discernment and find concrete solutions Read more
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Archbishop Fulton Sheen miracle recognised by theologians
Tuesday, June 24th, 2014Catholic media pioneer Archbishop Fulton Sheen is a step closer to being a saint after a miracle attributed to his intercession was recognised. A theological commission advising the Congregation for the Causes of Saints has recognised the miraculous recovery of a stillborn baby. The child’s mother and father had prayed to Archbishop Sheen to heal Read more
Vatican confirms Pope Paul VI to be beatified in October
Friday, May 16th, 2014Pope Francis is to beatify his predecessor Pope Paul VI on October 19, the Vatican has confirmed. The Vatican announced that Francis has approved a decree attributing a miracle to the intercession of the Italian pope, and his beatification will take place at the conclusion of the bishops’ synod on the family. On May 6, Read more
Vatican reportedly approves Pope Paul VI miracle
Friday, May 9th, 2014
The Vatican’s Congregation for the Causes of Saints has reportedly approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of Pope Paul VI. The miracle was the healing in the United States of an unborn baby from an otherwise incurable illness. Doctors forecast the baby would die in the womb, or be born with severely damaged kidneys. Read more
Word of God stops bullets – literally
Tuesday, March 11th, 2014A biblical booklet in a shirt pocket apparently helped an Ohio bus driver survive a shooting, and authorities were looking for three suspects. The driver for the Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority told Dayton police he was standing outside the bus when the men shot at him three times, with one bullet hitting his leg. Read more
Pope Paul VI miracle approved
Friday, February 28th, 2014Theologians have approved a miracle attributed to the intervention of Pope Paul VI. Experts at the Congregation for Saints Causes have recognised the healing of an unborn child through the intercession of the late Roman pontiff. This is another step on the path to possible canonisation as a saint for Paul VI, who was one Read more