ROME — Supernatural events like visions of the Virgin Mary and statues weeping tears of blood have for centuries stirred the faithful — and controversy for the Catholic Church. In the age of ...

The Vatican has radically reformed its process for evaluating alleged visions of the Virgin Mary, weeping statues and other seemingly supernatural phenomena, putting the brakes on making ...

The icon of Jesus and the Virgin Mary at Kykkos monastery in the Troodos mountains, where pilgrims gathered after reports of perfumed oily tears running from the eyes of both mother and child in 1997.

(The Conversation) — Claims of appearances of the Virgin Mary and weeping statues have been common in Catholicism. And now they’re going to get a closer look – but on a worldwide scale.

The Vatican has issued new rules radically reforming its process for evaluating faith-based supernatural phenomena like visions of the Virgin Mary or stigmata.