![Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, presides over a press conference on Friday, May 17, 2024, on the Vatican’s new document on Marian apparitions. Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, presides over a press conference on Friday, May 17, 2024, on the Vatican’s new document on Marian apparitions.](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/2024070817078_a4f7aca212da2f0082bb55a602513d390d1d6bc20ebc6e8cf1cfbb4313401a14.jpg)
Vatican Approves ‘Our Lady of the Rock’ Shrine at Alleged Marian Apparition Site in Italy
The Marian shrine in Santa Domenica was built around a boulder, the site of Mary’s alleged appearances to 18-year-old Cosimo Fragomeni from May 11–14, 1968.
The Marian shrine in Santa Domenica was built around a boulder, the site of Mary’s alleged appearances to 18-year-old Cosimo Fragomeni from May 11–14, 1968.
‘This painting highlights the Eucharistic element of Our Lady of Champion by uniting the three apparitions to Adele Brise into a single image,’ says artist Gwyneth Thompson-Briggs.
‘We strive to be like Our Lady together.’
The apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Pierina Gilli took place in Brescia, Italy, in 1947 and 1966
Since 1900, more than 120 alleged Marian apparitions have received an official rejection from Church authorities; and new Vatican norms could lead to more explicit rejections.
Makes It Easier for Church Officials to Draw a Conclusion
COMMENTARY: The new norms make no mention of Medjugorje, but it would be fair speculation to think that they were designed to make reaching a conclusion about Medjugorje easier.
ANALYSIS: At the core of the new document is a new way of classifying supernatural events.
The new norms take effect on Pentecost Sunday, May 19, abrogating the previous norms established under Pope Paul VI in 1978.
New guidelines are expected to be issued on Friday.
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