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More Miracles Coming for Lourdes?

Where: Lourdes, France
April 3, 2006 at 10:05 AM | by | Comments (0)

Having something branded as a Lourdes miracle has gotten a little easier due to a bishop's reform of the definitions. As the conservative rules stood before now, any claims to a miracle were voided if a patient was taking medicine or receiving treatment. The new reform allows for new categories that don't rule out modern technology: "'unexpected healings', 'confirmed healings' and 'exceptional healings'".

Only 67 official miracles are on record since a peasant girl named Bernadette said that she saw the Virgin Mary in a cave here in 1858, turning the site into a major tourist attraction for many Catholics. There have been only four official miracles since 1978. Not counting the 1980 Miracle on Ice, of course.

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