Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, presides over a press conference on Friday on the Vatican’s new document on Marian apparitions. (photo: Rudolf Gehrig / EWTN News)

Scrutiny of the Supernatural and Vatican-China Relations (May 18)

The Vatican has issued new norms on the approval of apparitions and other supernatural phenomenon. Register contributor Jimmy Akin provides his analysis. Then we look at the complicated relationship of the Catholic Church and Communist China with Vatican journalist Frank Rocca.

Jeanette De Melo Register Radio May 17, 2024

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