http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:59:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23153/virgin-mary-visions http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23153/virgin-mary-visions#comments Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:28:48 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23153 Catholics who claim they have seen the Virgin Mary will be forced to remain silent about the apparitions until a team of psychologists, theologians, priests and exorcists have fully investigated their claims under new Vatican guidelines aimed at stamping out false claims of miracles.

The Pope has instructed the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, formerly the Holy Office of the Inquisition, to draw up a new handbook to help bishops snuff out an explosion of bogus heavenly apparitions.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23153/virgin-mary-visions/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22723/gianna-sullivan-virgin-mary-visions http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22723/gianna-sullivan-virgin-mary-visions#comments Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:14:01 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22723 The Roman Catholic Church has told a disputed visionary to stop disseminating within the Archdiocese of Baltimore messages she purportedly receives from the Virgin Mary.

Archdiocese spokesman Sean Caine said O'Brien's letter was prompted by confusion and anxiety among the faithful stemming from the heightened apocalyptic language in a recent 'vision' by Gianna Sullivan.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22723/gianna-sullivan-virgin-mary-visions/feed 0