Miracles Archives

Doctors say it’s a miracle that toddler survived ninth-floor fall
- Catholic News Agency, Global Church
- July 4, 2017
Parents and doctors were shocked when a three-year-old boy who fell from the ninth floor of his apartment while playing on the balcony, not only survived but had a quick recovery with very few side effects. The director of the hospital where the child was treated said the event was nothing short of a miracle.
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Fatima and the Atheists
- Commentary, Global Church, Pope in Fatima
- May 8, 2017
Fr. Dwight Longenecker says the Miracle of the Sun happened in Fatima on October 13, 1917. We have documentary, eyewitness, and photographic evidence that 70,000 people ‘saw’ the sun spin, felt it was yanked from the sky and that it plunged to earth. Everyone said they saw the same thing. Everyone was so frightened they screamed and ran for their lives. Clearly something happened, what was it? The answer given by believers is more rational than the answer given by atheists.
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Before proclaiming martyrs, the waiting game is needed
- Commentary, Vatican
- May 6, 2017
Many of those killed in attacks targeting Christians were simply going about their daily affairs when the bomb went off, or the mob arrived. Some of them professed their faith, or at least did not deny it, before death, while others died without even knowing what was happening to them. Before the Church proclaims them all martyrs, the Church needs time to permit a fuller picture of the candidate to emerge. Waiving the mandatory five-year waiting period before opening a cause for canonization makes it harder to do that.
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How the church determines a true Marian apparition

The Catholic Church has a cautious approach when it comes to recognizing Marian apparitions and the process can take even hundreds of years. The bishop on these occasions, such as those in Fatima, Portugal, must call for a commission of experts, theologians, canonists, psychologists, and doctors to help him determine the facts.

Bishop investigates alleged Eucharistic miracle in Argentina drug rehab home

As a group of young people prayed before the Blessed Sacrament at the San Miguel drug rehabilitation home in Argentina, they noticed a “deep red color, coming out of the host.” Now the bishop is investigating the event and the necessary discernment has begun in order to establish whether it was in fact a miracle.

Pentecostal, Evangelical boom forces African Church to ‘wake up’

Although the vast expansion of Pentecostalism and Evangelical movements across Africa is often seen by Catholics as a threat, a Rome summit heard that the Church might actually benefit by being “aggressively woken up” and forced to “confront our demons.”