She added: “I knew it was impossible.” For his report, Whitaker visited the Marian shrine and the Lourdes Office of Medical Observations, where doctors and researchers undertake rigorous investigations into the validity of the miracles reported there. Dr. Alessandro de Franciscis, a Catholic, serves as the office’s president and presiding physician. “We sent her to... Continue Reading →
’60 Minutes’ examines medically unexplainable miracles of Lourdes
A recent episode of 60 Minutes saw correspondent Bill Whitaker visit the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in France. The footage offers inspiring views of the popular pilgrimage site, as well as interviews with faithful visitors seeking to be healed and even one nun whose sudden recovery after visiting Lourdes has been deemed miraculous.... Continue Reading →
Called to Communion
Within Christendom Ecclesiology is looked at in a variety of different ways. Within Protestantism the church may be seen within a synod, a presbytery, or an autonomous unit. Within Catholicism Ecclesiology revolves round the sacrament of the Eucharist and those who are in union with the Bishop. This is what is known as communion ecclesiology. ... Continue Reading →