VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Once left only to local bishops, the Vatican doctrinal office will now have the ultimate say on apparitions, miracles and the supernatural. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Weeping Madonnas, ...

Reading Kripal’s work—and especially looking at the footnotes—I’m struck by how thoughtfully he listens to his fellow humans, whether it’s alien abductees and other “experiencers” who are ridiculed by ...

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 social ...

In a document published Friday, the Vatican’s doctrine office outlined its new rules for evaluating phenomena such as apparitions or visions of Jesus Christ or the Virgin Mary. Under the new ...

Younger Americans are more likely to express belief in witchcraft and luck, as our new research shows. As sociologists who research the social dynamics of religion in the United States, we conducted a ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican on Friday radically reformed its process for evaluating alleged visions of the Virgin Mary, weeping statues and other seemingly supernatural phenomena that have long ...

“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” My first experience with supernatural phenomena occurred when I was a ...

The Santa Monica Public Library will welcome veteran investigator James Underdown for “Fact or Fake? Science Looks at Paranormal Phenomena” on Saturday, Nov. 14 at 2 p.m. in Main Library's MLK, Jr.