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International Business Times
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Alexandria SAGE

Vatican Sharpens Rules On Investigating Supernatural

The changes, approved by Pope Francis, were published by the powerful Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (Credit: AFP)

The Vatican sharpened its rules for investigating supernatural events such as visions of Christ or the Virgin Mary, acknowledging Friday that overactive imaginations and outright "lying" risked harming the faithful.

The new norms allow for a more "prudent" interpretation of events that generally avoids declaring them outright a supernatural event.

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