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ROME — The Catholic Church has always been very cautious when it comes to judging reported Marian apparitions.
More than 1,500 visions of Mary have been reported around the world, but in the past century fewer than a dozen cases have received church approval as being worthy of belief.
Determining the veracity of an apparition is an enormous job that falls to the local bishop.
Continued below.
Is seeing believing? How the church faces claims of Marian apparitions
More than 1,500 visions of Mary have been reported around the world, but in the past century fewer than a dozen cases have received church approval as being worthy of belief.
Determining the veracity of an apparition is an enormous job that falls to the local bishop.
Continued below.
Is seeing believing? How the church faces claims of Marian apparitions
