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.
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.
4 claims
Three hundred fifty-one consecrated hosts stolen in 1730 and recovered three days later have reportedly remained intact for nearly 300 years, surviving conditions that should have caused rapid organic decay.
Three hundred fifty-one consecrated hosts stolen in 1730 and recovered three days later have reportedly remained intact for nearly 300 years, surviving conditions that should have caused rapid organic decay.
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.
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.
In 1858, a 14-year-old French girl reported 18 apparitions of 'a Lady' in a grotto near Lourdes, where a spring emerged that has since been associated with thousands of reported miraculous cures.
In 1858, a 14-year-old French girl reported 18 apparitions of 'a Lady' in a grotto near Lourdes, where a spring emerged that has since been associated with thousands of reported miraculous cures.
Since June 1981, six youths (now adults) in the village of Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, have claimed ongoing daily Marian apparitions, making it one of the longest-running and most controversial alleged apparition cases in Catholic history.
Since June 1981, six youths (now adults) in the village of Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, have claimed ongoing daily Marian apparitions, making it one of the longest-running and most controversial alleged apparition cases in Catholic history.