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Fr. Raymond de Souza: Following the science of medical miracles

fr_desouza@catholicregister.org (Fr. Raymond J. de Souza) — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 13:03:22 -0500

This is the 250th anniversary year of the death of St. Marguerite d’Youville, the founder of the Order of Sisters of Charity of Montreal. The first Canadian-born saint, she was canonized in 1990 by St. John Paul II.

Miraculous cure of woman at Knock in 1989 confirmed

Tue, 03 Sep 2019 12:48:37 -0400

DUBLIN -- The Catholic Church in Ireland has confirmed that a woman who was seriously ill with multiple sclerosis experienced a complete healing of all her symptoms at Knock shrine in September 1989.

Healed aneurysm investigated as possible miracle for Creole nun's beatification

cna-ewtn@catholicregister.org (CNA/EWTN News) — Mon, 02 Sep 2019 14:19:20 -0400

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (CNA) -- In December 2017, 19 year-old Arkansas college student Christine McGee was rushed to the hospital by her mother.

A close encounter with the Shroud of Turin

Tue, 26 Mar 2019 10:58:10 -0400

VANCOUVER – When Deacon Pete Schumacher began working in image processing and remote sensing — a technology that analyzes images from X-rays, satellites or the ocean floor — he had no idea it would lead him to a personal encounter with Jesus.

Consecrated hosts found intact more than a year after church destroyed by earthquake

Wed, 28 Feb 2018 08:46:40 -0500

ROME – Almost a year and a half after an August 2016 earthquake in the central area of the Italy, a tabernacle with 40 intact and consecrated hosts was found amid the rubble in Our Lady of the Assumption church in the town of Arquata.

In India, schoolkids say Virgin Mary appeared amid scent of jasmine

Mon, 16 Oct 2017 08:03:38 -0400

Kochi, India – Both Hindu and Catholic schoolchildren in India claim to have witnessed an apparition of Christ and several appearances of the Virgin Mary accompanied by the scent of jasmine, the gift of contrition, and the healing of a girl��Ƶapp ear problem.

Doctors say it's a miracle that toddler survived ninth-floor fall

cna-ewtn@catholicregister.org (CNA/EWTN News) — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 08:45:00 -0400

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – The doctors at the Children's Hospital in San Miguel, Argentina, find no explanation for the quick recovery of Martin Chain – a three-year-old boy who fell from the ninth floor when he was playing on the balcony of his apartment.

Doctors said Chilean mom would die, but miracle credited to Spanish priest

Sun, 28 May 2017 11:00:00 -0400

SANTIAGO, Chile – Chileans call it the Chilean miracle.

45 people saved from tornado's fury in hallway of Texas church

Mon, 01 May 2017 16:00:00 -0400

WASHINGTON – In the insurance world, extreme weather events such as tornadoes are often referred to as "acts of God."

How the Church determines a true Marian apparition

Sun, 23 Apr 2017 14:59:00 -0400

VATICAN CITY – When it comes to Marian apparitions, the Catholic Church takes a prudent approach that focuses more on the message than the miracle.