Summary
- The Vatican has reformed its process for evaluating alleged visions of the Virgin Mary and other supernatural phenomena.
- The new norms aim to prevent abuses of people’s faith and offer a more cautious approach to evaluating such events.
- Catholics are no longer required to believe in these events, and definitive rulings on supernatural origins are no longer made by the Church.
- Past decisions on events like Fatima, Guadalupe, and Lourdes remain valid.