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.
9 claims
3% authentic
Strong natural explanation
Sascha Roth, the first patient in a Memorial Sloan Kettering trial of the immunotherapy drug dostarlimab, was packing for radiation when her doctor called to say there was no cancer left to treat; every one of the 12 patients with a specific genetic subtype of rectal cancer reached a complete clinical response, a result one investigator called the first of its kind in the history of cancer — and the mechanism behind it is fully understood, which is exactly why the case belongs here.
Explainedbaselines·Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, USA
Sascha Roth and the Trial Where Every Tumor Vanished (2022)
Sascha Roth, the first patient in a Memorial Sloan Kettering trial of the immunotherapy drug dostarlimab, was packing for radiation when her doctor called to say there was no cancer left to treat; every one of the 12 patients with a specific genetic subtype of rectal cancer reached a complete clinical response, a result one investigator called the first of its kind in the history of cancer — and the mechanism behind it is fully understood, which is exactly why the case belongs here.
36% authentic
Likely a natural explanation
A young man fed exclusively by j-tube since infancy due to congenital gastroparesis reported an immediate ability to eat after intercessory prayer at a 2011 church service; a 2019 peer-reviewed case report documents the resolution and seven-plus symptom-free years.
Bronze · contestedhealing·Virginia, USA
Chris Gunderson — 16 Years of Feeding-Tube Dependence Resolved After Prayer (2011)
A young man fed exclusively by j-tube since infancy due to congenital gastroparesis reported an immediate ability to eat after intercessory prayer at a 2011 church service; a 2019 peer-reviewed case report documents the resolution and seven-plus symptom-free years.
12% authentic
Strong natural explanation
A dropped host placed in water on Christmas Day 2013 reportedly developed red tissue identified by forensic departments at two Polish universities as human cardiac muscle showing signs of agony, with human DNA confirmed.
Explainedeucharistic·Legnica, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Eucharistic Miracle of Legnica, Poland (2013)
A dropped host placed in water on Christmas Day 2013 reportedly developed red tissue identified by forensic departments at two Polish universities as human cardiac muscle showing signs of agony, with human DNA confirmed.
11% authentic
Strong natural explanation
A dropped host placed in water reportedly transformed into reddish tissue identified by two university pathologists as human cardiac muscle intertwined with the bread substrate in a way described as impossible to reproduce artificially.
Explainedeucharistic·Sokółka, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland
Eucharistic Miracle of Sokółka, Poland (2008)
A dropped host placed in water reportedly transformed into reddish tissue identified by two university pathologists as human cardiac muscle intertwined with the bread substrate in a way described as impossible to reproduce artificially.
29% authentic
Likely a natural explanation
Marolyn Ford, legally blind from juvenile macular degeneration for over 12 years, reported complete vision restoration in 1972 after her husband prayed for her; a 2020 GMRI case report in a peer-reviewed journal documented 47 years of sustained normal vision with pre- and post-healing medical records.
Bronze · contestedhealing·USA (specific city undisclosed)
Marolyn Ford: Instantaneous Vision Restoration After Juvenile Macular Degeneration
Marolyn Ford, legally blind from juvenile macular degeneration for over 12 years, reported complete vision restoration in 1972 after her husband prayed for her; a 2020 GMRI case report in a peer-reviewed journal documented 47 years of sustained normal vision with pre- and post-healing medical records.
23% authentic
Likely a natural explanation
From 1973 to 1981 in Akita, Japan, a wooden statue of Mary in a convent reportedly wept, bled, and perspired on 101 occasions, with fluids analyzed by a forensic specialist as human in origin.
Unprovenapparition·Institute of the Handmaids of the Eucharist, Akita, Japan
Our Lady of Akita (Weeping and Bleeding Statue)
From 1973 to 1981 in Akita, Japan, a wooden statue of Mary in a convent reportedly wept, bled, and perspired on 101 occasions, with fluids analyzed by a forensic specialist as human in origin.
4% authentic
Strong natural explanation
An 80-year-old heavy smoker diagnosed with limited-stage small cell lung cancer who refused all treatment experienced complete radiological disappearance of the tumor 52 months later, documented in a peer-reviewed case report.
Explainedbaselines·South Korea
Spontaneous Remission of Small Cell Lung Cancer Without Treatment (2021 Case Report)
An 80-year-old heavy smoker diagnosed with limited-stage small cell lung cancer who refused all treatment experienced complete radiological disappearance of the tumor 52 months later, documented in a peer-reviewed case report.
12% authentic
Strong natural explanation
A prospective peer-reviewed study by Indiana University researchers measured statistically significant improvements in hearing and vision in 24 Mozambican subjects following proximal intercessory prayer.
Unprovenbaselines·Rural Mozambique
STEPP Study — Proximal Intercessory Prayer and Sensory Improvement in Mozambique (2010)
A prospective peer-reviewed study by Indiana University researchers measured statistically significant improvements in hearing and vision in 24 Mozambican subjects following proximal intercessory prayer.
63% authenticResists a natural explanation
An Italian soldier with an inoperable sarcoma destroying his pelvis and hip socket recovered completely after a 1963 Lourdes pilgrimage; follow-up X-rays showed the destroyed bone had reconstructed — a case published in a peer-reviewed journal.
Gold standardhealing·Lourdes, France (patient from Trento, Italy)
Vittorio Micheli: Pelvic Sarcoma Healed — Bone Reconstruction Documented by X-ray
An Italian soldier with an inoperable sarcoma destroying his pelvis and hip socket recovered completely after a 1963 Lourdes pilgrimage; follow-up X-rays showed the destroyed bone had reconstructed — a case published in a peer-reviewed journal.