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.
13 claims
16% authentic
Strong natural explanation
An Italian woman's premature placental rupture resolved after her family prayed to Blessed Paul VI, and the baby — given no chance of survival — was born healthy on Christmas Day 2014.
Unprovenhealing·Brescia / Verona, Italy
Amanda Paola: Unborn Baby Survives Against All Odds — Paul VI's Canonization Miracle
An Italian woman's premature placental rupture resolved after her family prayed to Blessed Paul VI, and the baby — given no chance of survival — was born healthy on Christmas Day 2014.
26% authentic
Likely a natural explanation
A four-year-old Baltimore girl diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia — then uniformly fatal — experienced complete remission in 1952, verified by a decade of bone marrow tests and accepted by the Vatican as a miracle for the canonization of Elizabeth Ann Seton.
Bronze · contestedhealing·Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Ann O'Neill — Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia Remission (1952)
A four-year-old Baltimore girl diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia — then uniformly fatal — experienced complete remission in 1952, verified by a decade of bone marrow tests and accepted by the Vatican as a miracle for the canonization of Elizabeth Ann Seton.
19% authentic
Strong natural explanation
A pregnant Salvadoran woman with life-threatening HELLP syndrome made a complete recovery after her community prayed to Blessed Oscar Romero.
Explainedhealing·El Salvador
Cecilia Maribel Flores: HELLP Syndrome Recovery — Oscar Romero's Canonization Miracle
A pregnant Salvadoran woman with life-threatening HELLP syndrome made a complete recovery after her community prayed to Blessed Oscar Romero.
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.
37% authentic
Likely a natural explanation
A five-year-old Lummi boy's rapidly progressing necrotizing fasciitis stopped spreading and he made a full recovery after his family placed a relic of Kateri Tekakwitha on his body.
Bronze · contestedhealing·Ferndale, Washington, USA
Jake Finkbonner: Flesh-Eating Bacteria Arrested After Kateri Tekakwitha Relic
A five-year-old Lummi boy's rapidly progressing necrotizing fasciitis stopped spreading and he made a full recovery after his family placed a relic of Kateri Tekakwitha on his body.
48% authentic
Genuinely uncertain
An LA seminary student with MRI-confirmed complete Achilles tendon rupture was found fully healed at his orthopedic surgeon follow-up after a novena to Pier Giorgio Frassati.
Silver · promotablehealing·Los Angeles, California, USA
Juan Gutiérrez: Complete Achilles Tendon Tear Heals After Frassati Novena
An LA seminary student with MRI-confirmed complete Achilles tendon rupture was found fully healed at his orthopedic surgeon follow-up after a novena to Pier Giorgio Frassati.
47% authenticGenuinely uncertain
A Brazilian man with eight brain abscesses regained consciousness minutes before emergency surgery, which was then found unnecessary — the case credited to Mother Teresa's intercession and used for her canonization.
Silver · promotablehealing·Santos, São Paulo state, Brazil
Marcilio Haddad Andrino: Brain Abscesses Resolve Before Surgery After Mother Teresa Prayer
A Brazilian man with eight brain abscesses regained consciousness minutes before emergency surgery, which was then found unnecessary — the case credited to Mother Teresa's intercession and used for her canonization.
41% authentic
Genuinely uncertain
A seven-year-old from San Giovanni Rotondo was declared clinically lost from acute fulminant meningitis and made a complete recovery — the miracle used for Padre Pio's canonization.
Bronze · contestedhealing·San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia, Italy
Matteo Pio Colella: Full Recovery from Fulminant Bacterial Meningitis
A seven-year-old from San Giovanni Rotondo was declared clinically lost from acute fulminant meningitis and made a complete recovery — the miracle used for Padre Pio's canonization.
51% authenticGenuinely uncertain
A Chicago lawyer hemorrhaging from a partial placental abruption was instantly stopped — and the tear subsequently found to have disappeared — after a brief prayer to Blessed John Henry Newman.
Silver · promotablehealing·Chicago, Illinois, USA
Melissa Villalobos: Placental Abruption Bleeding Stops Instantly After Newman Prayer
A Chicago lawyer hemorrhaging from a partial placental abruption was instantly stopped — and the tear subsequently found to have disappeared — after a brief prayer to Blessed John Henry Newman.
5% authentic
Strong natural explanation
At the 1903 canonization of Seraphim of Sarov, attended by 200,000 including Tsar Nicholas II, numerous healings were reported at the translation of his relics — even though the pre-canonization commission had found the body was NOT incorrupt.
Unprovenrelics·Sarov Monastery, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia; relics now at Diveyevo Convent
St. Seraphim of Sarov — Healings at Canonization and the Question of Incorruptibility
At the 1903 canonization of Seraphim of Sarov, attended by 200,000 including Tsar Nicholas II, numerous healings were reported at the translation of his relics — even though the pre-canonization commission had found the body was NOT incorrupt.
4% authentic
Strong natural explanation
Jesuit missionary Francis Xavier (1506-1552) had modest miracle claims in his lifetime, but a posthumous hagiographic tradition amplified them dramatically -- including a fabricated gift of tongues first attributed to him nearly eighty years after his death.
Disprovensigns·India, Japan, Goa (missionary territories)
The Miracles of Francis Xavier and the Growth of His Legend
Jesuit missionary Francis Xavier (1506-1552) had modest miracle claims in his lifetime, but a posthumous hagiographic tradition amplified them dramatically -- including a fabricated gift of tongues first attributed to him nearly eighty years after his death.
47% authentic
Genuinely uncertain
A Costa Rican student's life-threatening cranial injuries and brain bruising disappeared without trace two months after a bicycle accident in Florence — the miracle for Carlo Acutis's canonization.
Bronze · contestedhealing·Florence / Assisi, Italy (patient from Costa Rica)
Valeria Valverde: Severe Brain Trauma Resolves After Pilgrimage to Carlo Acutis Tomb
A Costa Rican student's life-threatening cranial injuries and brain bruising disappeared without trace two months after a bicycle accident in Florence — the miracle for Carlo Acutis's canonization.