Miraculous cures in Lourdes

Since the first apparitions, there have been 7,000 reports of inexplicable cures. In 2004 alone, there were 36.

The healings of Lourdes encompass the whole person: the spirit, the psyche, and at times the body.

Today, when investigating an inexplicable cure, the Medical Office of Lourdes looks at the two facets of the same reality: the abnormal fact and the sign, which leads to a two-part investigation, one of a medical order, the other of a spiritual order.

Miracles are possible because God is present in his Creation - it is the dogma of creation, which is also an "ongoing" creation, a "providence" (CCC 301-308).

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Excerpts from François Vayne, Lourdes magazine #132, 2005