Approved by ‘Pope’ Francis…
Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
Norms for Proceeding in the Discernment
of Alleged Supernatural Phenomena
May 17, 2024
The Vatican’s text factory has just released another official document: Jorge Bergoglio (a.k.a. ‘Pope Francis’) has approved the publication of an instruction issued by the so-called Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) establishing ‘Norms for Proceeding in the Discernment of Alleged Supernatural Phenomena’. The document does not appear to have an official title besides this descriptive one. The new guidelines are replacing those issued in 1978 under ‘Pope’ Paul VI.
So far, the Vatican has made the text of the Norms available in the following languages:
- Full Text in English
- Full Text in Spanish
- Full Text in French
- Full Text in Italian
- Full Text in German
- Full Text in Polish
- Full Text in Portuguese
The key changes made by the new Norms appear to be that the local bishop no longer has authority to declare an alleged apparition to be of supernatural origin, and the Vatican will ordinarily not rule regarding its supernatural authenticity either.… READ MORE
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