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.
6 claims
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.
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.
Beginning in 1981, several students at a school in Kibeho, Rwanda, reported Marian apparitions that included visions of mass violence and rivers of blood — interpreted after the 1994 Rwandan genocide as prophetic.
Beginning in 1981, several students at a school in Kibeho, Rwanda, reported Marian apparitions that included visions of mass violence and rivers of blood — interpreted after the 1994 Rwandan genocide as prophetic.
On September 19, 1846, two young French shepherd children reported a weeping apparition on a mountain near La Salette who delivered a message of penance; the event was approved by the Church in 1851 but subsequently complicated by the visionaries' divergent later claims.
On September 19, 1846, two young French shepherd children reported a weeping apparition on a mountain near La Salette who delivered a message of penance; the event was approved by the Church in 1851 but subsequently complicated by the visionaries' divergent later claims.
A French man with six years of recurring right-sided paralysis and vision loss from bilateral carotid artery disorders felt sudden warmth and complete recovery at Lourdes in 1970 — recognized in 1978 but disputed by American neurologists.
A French man with six years of recurring right-sided paralysis and vision loss from bilateral carotid artery disorders felt sudden warmth and complete recovery at Lourdes in 1970 — recognized in 1978 but disputed by American neurologists.
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.
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.
The body of the Lourdes visionary, displayed at Nevers, is often called incorrupt — but a wax mask covers the face, and natural preservation can account for the rest.
The body of the Lourdes visionary, displayed at Nevers, is often called incorrupt — but a wax mask covers the face, and natural preservation can account for the rest.