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.
2 claims
48% authentic
Genuinely uncertain
A 12-year-old Sicilian girl diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma of the knee — told she had six months to live — traveled to Lourdes in 1976 with no improvement, then recovered completely a few months later without treatment.
Bronze · contestedhealing·Lourdes, France (patient from Paternò, Sicily)
Delizia Cirolli: Ewing's Sarcoma Vanishes Months After Lourdes Visit
A 12-year-old Sicilian girl diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma of the knee — told she had six months to live — traveled to Lourdes in 1976 with no improvement, then recovered completely a few months later without treatment.
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.