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Jul 2024
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Why the Vatican Changed Its Rules for Ev...

JIMMY AKIN
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In May 2024, the Vatican issued new norms for how to evaluate reports of supernatural phenomena. In the first of a two-part discussion, Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine how the new rules radically change the way these phenomena are classified.

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