catholic miracles

One of the miracles used in the beatification of Mother Teresa was when she was said to have cured an indian woman of a tumor in a supernatural sort of way. This turned controversial when three of her doctors came out and said that there was no miracle and instead the woman was cured of her very treatable disease by modern medicine.

This kind of thing makes me wonder how strictly the catholic church vets these "miracles." I appreciate your thoughts and thanks for your time!

It should make you wonder about any "miracle", recently or well in the past.
All those miracles religions claim... It could be the same as this... all hocus pocus when the truth comes out.

2010-01-28 21:56:59 by - Justin -

www.vaticancatholic.com Creation and Miracles (New Edition) Part 6---Thisvery important tape was made for Catholics and to present the Catholic ...

What the is process that they have for vetting miracles? When someone or something is sighted, or a medical patient beats cancer after praying to some Pope and claims this to be a miracle, how does the Catholic Church scrutinize the event?
Please answer in detail if you know about this and not just say: "Some decides it."

In the long history of the Church, the specific standards for determining miracles varied from period to period, with individual bishops having a key say in determination. The gradual centralization of the process, both in the causes of saints and in determining the validity of miracles led to the creation of a central office. Established by Sixtus V in 1588 as the Congregation of Rites, the congregation was later renamed and its functions defined by Paul VI, 1969 (apostolic constitution Sacra Rituum Congregatio). It was restructured and canonization procedures were revised by John Paul II in 1983 (apostolic constitution Divinus Perfectionis Magister).

While filled with sensational spects and written from a certain point of view, Making Saints: How the Catholic Church Determines Who Becomes a Saint, Who Dosen'T, and Why by Kenneth L. Woodward does offer some very useful information and historical details on the legal process that is involved in examining miracles.

2009-06-10 08:02:24 by The answer man

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I am working on becoming a Saint and I need at least two verifiable miracles that can pass the Devil's Advocate's scrutiny so that I can be verified after I die.What miracles do I need?

We are all called to be saints. However, to be canonized, you need to live your life as a very holy person now. The two verifiable miracles must occur after your death so you don't need to worry about them now.

2010-01-07 12:02:35 by :

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Did God make them to strengthen our faith?
Or so that we could fear him more?
The Eucharistic miracle at Lanciano really scared me
http://www.catholicapologetics.net/apolo _8.htm

most known catholic miracles
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracles_at _Lourdes
http://www.catholicapologetics.net/apolo _7.htm

I think that God allows us to witness the miraculous for several reasons and I would agree that faith is a primary reason,in regards to Lanciano as you well know the Priest doubted the real presence in the Eucharist and so this was a tough wake up call for him,but also for many who also doubt.
Miracles however are primarily instructive in that God has to communicate His infallible truth in ways that causes us to halt and take the opposite direction, but the fact remains that as we do not see miracles such as this on a regular basis we are perhaps just a little scared of the awesome power of God.
God bless you!

2009-08-14 22:07:18 by Doh!!!!!!

i need to know what the Roman Catholic Church believes about healing miracles happening today for my R.E. coursework. does anyone have a reliable internet source where i can read about this? thanks very much.

pretty much any saint canonized has had miracles of healing attributed through them - God of course does the healing but it's through the intervention of that saint. go to www.vatican.va

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