The events reportedly began after the couple brought back an image of Our Lady of Peace from Medjugorje in 2014. The Vatican’s intervention is in regards to the claims by self-styled visionary Gisella ...

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.

Marian apparitions in Ireland share some interesting things in common. In 2019 there was a surprise when a story broke about an antique shop in Tralee, County Kerry. A steady stream of Catholic ...

The shrine at Lourdes, France, where the Virgin Mary is venerated as 'Our Lady of Lourdes,' following several apparitions reported in 1858. LandFoto/iStock / Getty Images Plus The Vatican recently ...

Across centuries, people have reported encounters with the Virgin Mary, often delivering urgent messages. Some of these ...

The Catholic Church has officially opened the cause for sainthood of Belgian immigrant who had visions of the Blessed Mother.

The Vatican recently announced its plan to set up an “observatory” at one of its several academic institutions, the Pontificia Academia Mariana Internationalis, to investigate claims of apparitions ...

Associate Professor of History and Asian Languages and Culture, University of Michigan The Vatican recently announced its plan to set up an “observatory” at one of its several academic institutions, ...

(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 apparitions ...