Vatican publishes guide on how to deal with 'supernatural phenomena'
from the UK Telegraph
They have been closely guarded for more than 30 years, but
guidelines on how to deal with divine apparitions of the Virgin Mary and
"supernatural phenomena" have now been released by the Vatican.
The "norms" on how the Roman Catholic Church should deal with
mystical apparitions were initially drawn up in Latin in 1978 under Pope
Paul VI and were intended for strictly internal use.
They shed light on the sorts of apparitions which have inspired the
establishment of shrines such as those at Lourdes in France and Fatima in
Portugal, which attract millions of pilgrims a year, many in search of cures
for illnesses or other "miracles".
