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So in May of 2024, the Vatican's Dicastry for the Doctrine of the Faith issued new norms or rules for how to evaluate reports of

supernatural phenomena like visions, private revelations, and eucharistic miracles.

The new norms radically change the way that these phenomena are to be classified.

And that's what we'll be talking about on this episode of Jimmy Aikens Mysterious World.

And so Jimmy, again, what's our next episode going to be about?

Next week we're going to be looking at the norms themselves and seeing what they do require and don't require,

include in detail on the six categories that will ordinarily be used from here

on out as well as implications for previous and ongoing apparitions, what the

long-term effects of the norms may be and what I personally think about them. You're listening to episode 322 of Jimmy Aiken's mysterious world

when we look at mysteries from the twin perspectives of faith and reason. In this episode

we're talking about the Vatican's new rules for evaluating supernatural phenomena.

I'm Don Bettinelli and joining me today is Jimmy Aiken.

Hey Jimmy, hi to Dom.

So a few months ago the Vatican announced new rules for how to evaluate reports of

supernatural phenomena.

Last week we looked at the reasons it was changing the rules,

and this week we're looking at the rules themselves.

So what do they say?

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