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.
5 claims
3% authentic
Strong natural explanation
A 22-month-old Pennsylvania boy swept into a 34-degree stream was pulseless through 101 minutes of continuous CPR, then recovered almost completely — a documented outcome physicians attribute to protective hypothermia.
Explainedbaselines·West Buffalo Township, Pennsylvania, USA
Gardell Martin — 101 Minutes Without a Pulse, Full Recovery (2015)
A 22-month-old Pennsylvania boy swept into a 34-degree stream was pulseless through 101 minutes of continuous CPR, then recovered almost completely — a documented outcome physicians attribute to protective hypothermia.
9% authenticProvidence
Strong natural explanation
A 14-year-old submerged in an icy Missouri lake for over 15 minutes had no pulse for roughly 45 minutes of CPR; his heart restarted moments after his mother prayed aloud over him, and he recovered with normal brain function within weeks.
Explainedhealing·Lake St. Louis, Missouri, USA
John Smith — Heart Restarted After 15 Minutes Under a Frozen Lake (2015)
Naturally possible — was the timing more than coincidence?
A 14-year-old submerged in an icy Missouri lake for over 15 minutes had no pulse for roughly 45 minutes of CPR; his heart restarted moments after his mother prayed aloud over him, and he recovered with normal brain function within weeks.
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.
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.
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.