Apparitions Archives

Is seeing believing? How the church faces claims of Marian apparitions

Aug 8, 2020

The Catholic Church has always been very cautious when it comes to judging reported Marian apparitions.

Mary foretold COVID-19 pandemic, alleged visionary claims

Aug 8, 2020

An Italian woman who claims to regularly experience supernatural visions said Mary told her in September 2019 that a new disease would soon emerge from China.

By Robert Duncan

Vatican delegate: Every indication Medjugorje will be recognized, perhaps later this year

Aug 19, 2017

Archbishop Henryk Hoser, sent by Pope Francis to study the pastoral situation in Medjugorje, said ministry at the site of the apparition was proper and consistent with the doctrine and teaching of the Church; as well as being effective and well organized.

By Crux Staff

Pope taps delegate to study ‘pastoral situation’ at Medjugorje

Feb 11, 2017

On the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, Pope Francis appointed a Polish bishop as his delegate to Medjugorje, where the Virgin has allegedly been appearing since 1981. The mission of Archbishop Henryk Hoser is to study the pastoral situation of the pilgrimage site, not the apparitions themselves.

By Inés San Martín

As debate rages over Medjugorje, maybe a place of prayer is enough

Sep 22, 2016

Although debate continues to rage over the alleged Marian apparitions in Medjugorje between hard-core devotees and skeptical theologians and clerics, for the vast majority of people who visit the small town in Bosnia Herzegovina, it’s simply a spot of prayer and faith.

By Inés San Martín

Site of Marian apparitions in Wisconsin becomes national shrine

Aug 18, 2016

ALLOUEZ, Wis. — Nearly 160 years ago, on Oct. 9, 1859, Mary appeared to a young Belgian immigrant living in Kewaunee County, located in eastern Wisconsin on Lake Michigan and near Green Bay. Today, it’s the only approved Marian apparition site in the United States. On Aug. 15, the feast

By Patricia Kasten

Church confirms apparitions in Argentina as ‘supernatural’

Aug 15, 2016

Gladys Motta, now in her 80s, says she began seeing apparitions after she saw rosaries glowing in homes. She prayed to the Virgin Mary, who appeared to her carrying the infant Jesus and wearing a blue gown and veil. Since 1983, Motta says she has received more than 1,800 visitations from Mary and another 68 from Jesus.

By Veronica Engler

Vatican tries to snuff out Fatima conspiracy theories

May 28, 2016

VATICAN CITY — When then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger met the press in 2000 for the formal release of the so-called Third Secret of Fatima, he said he knew many people would be disappointed. Almost 16 years later, at the beginning of a yearlong preparation for the 100th anniversary of the apparition

By Catholic News Service