The claims
Each entry pairs a reported miracle with the documentary record and an honest, confidence-labeled estimate of how likely it is that no natural explanation accounts for it.
10 claims
39% authenticLikely a natural explanation
An eleven-year-old Buenos Aires girl in septic shock from refractory epileptic encephalopathy made a complete recovery after a priest proposed her family invoke John Paul I's intercession.
Silver · promotablehealing·Buenos Aires, Argentina
Candela Giarda: Catastrophic Childhood Encephalopathy Resolved — John Paul I's Miracle
An eleven-year-old Buenos Aires girl in septic shock from refractory epileptic encephalopathy made a complete recovery after a priest proposed her family invoke John Paul I's intercession.
11% authentic
Strong natural explanation
When Catherine Labouré's body was exhumed in 1933 for beatification — 57 years after her death — physicians reported it was flexible and fresh, with blue eyes intact; her body remains on display in Paris at the Chapel of the Miraculous Medal.
Explainedrelics·Chapelle de la Rue du Bac, 140 rue du Bac, Paris, France
Catherine Labouré — Blue Eyes After 57 Years
When Catherine Labouré's body was exhumed in 1933 for beatification — 57 years after her death — physicians reported it was flexible and fresh, with blue eyes intact; her body remains on display in Paris at the Chapel of the Miraculous Medal.
8% authentic
Strong natural explanation
Lebanese Maronite monk Charbel Makhlouf died in 1898; his body was found incorrupt in a flooded grave in 1899 and reportedly exuded a blood-like fluid for 67 years until beatification in 1965, when it was found finally decomposed.
Unprovenrelics·Monastery of Saint Maron, Annaya, Lebanon
Charbel Makhlouf — The Fluid-Exuding Monk of Lebanon
Lebanese Maronite monk Charbel Makhlouf died in 1898; his body was found incorrupt in a flooded grave in 1899 and reportedly exuded a blood-like fluid for 67 years until beatification in 1965, when it was found finally decomposed.
66% authenticResists a natural explanation
An Italian woman's ruptured thoracic duct — containing two liters of lymphatic fluid — resolved completely overnight after prayer to Padre Pio, the miracle used for his beatification.
Gold standardhealing·Salerno, Italy
Consiglia De Martino: Ruptured Thoracic Duct Heals Before Surgery
An Italian woman's ruptured thoracic duct — containing two liters of lymphatic fluid — resolved completely overnight after prayer to Padre Pio, the miracle used for his beatification.
35% authentic
Likely a natural explanation
An American deacon-in-training nearly paralyzed by spinal stenosis recovered suddenly after praying to Cardinal John Henry Newman — the first miracle recognized toward Newman's canonization.
Bronze · contestedhealing·Marshfield, Massachusetts, USA
Deacon Jack Sullivan: Debilitating Spinal Stenosis Resolved After Newman Prayer
An American deacon-in-training nearly paralyzed by spinal stenosis recovered suddenly after praying to Cardinal John Henry Newman — the first miracle recognized toward Newman's canonization.
52% authenticGenuinely uncertain
A Costa Rican lawyer diagnosed with an inoperable brain aneurysm recovered completely after praying to Blessed John Paul II during his beatification broadcast.
Silver · promotablehealing·San José, Costa Rica
Floribeth Mora Díaz: Inoperable Brain Aneurysm Disappears After John Paul II Beatification
A Costa Rican lawyer diagnosed with an inoperable brain aneurysm recovered completely after praying to Blessed John Paul II during his beatification broadcast.
62% authenticResists a natural explanation
An Illinois newborn with no heartbeat for 61 minutes, given up for dead, suddenly revived with no lasting brain damage — proposed as the miracle for Archbishop Fulton Sheen's beatification.
Gold standardhealing·Peoria, Illinois, USA
James Fulton Engstrom: Stillborn 61 Minutes, Full Recovery — Fulton Sheen's Miracle
An Illinois newborn with no heartbeat for 61 minutes, given up for dead, suddenly revived with no lasting brain damage — proposed as the miracle for Archbishop Fulton Sheen's beatification.
12% authentic
Strong natural explanation
A Bengali woman's large abdominal cyst reportedly vanished overnight after a Missionaries of Charity sister placed a medal on her abdomen, in a case used for Mother Teresa's beatification.
Explainedhealing·Patiram, West Bengal, India
Monica Besra: Abdominal Tumor Disappears After Mother Teresa Medal
A Bengali woman's large abdominal cyst reportedly vanished overnight after a Missionaries of Charity sister placed a medal on her abdomen, in a case used for Mother Teresa's beatification.
35% authenticLikely a natural explanation
An Italian nun dying from a post-operative gastric fistula recovered instantly after a piece of John XXIII's bed sheet was placed on her wound — the case used for his beatification.
Silver · promotablehealing·Naples, Italy
Sister Caterina Capitani: Gastric Fistula Healed After John XXIII Relic
An Italian nun dying from a post-operative gastric fistula recovered instantly after a piece of John XXIII's bed sheet was placed on her wound — the case used for his beatification.
37% authenticLikely a natural explanation
A French nun with rapidly advancing Parkinson's disease wrote legibly and was free of symptoms overnight after her congregation prayed to the recently deceased John Paul II.
Bronze · contestedhealing·France (congregation house, unspecified city)
Sister Marie Simon-Pierre: Parkinson's Reversed After John Paul II Prayer
A French nun with rapidly advancing Parkinson's disease wrote legibly and was free of symptoms overnight after her congregation prayed to the recently deceased John Paul II.