The Pope delivered the homily, in which he explained two signs associated with this basilica: the snowfall and the icon of the Virgin Salus Populi Romani Photo: Pontifical Basilica of St. Mary Major

What Do The New Norms Given by The Vatican Change About the Approval of Marian Apparitions?

Sister Daniela said that “the new norms are useful for Bishops, in the first place, because the more detailed norms make it possible to guide better the path of discernment that the Prelates are called to follow, in communion with the Dicastery. To add to the ‘nihil obstat’ the declaration ‘of supernaturalness,’ “underscores that these phenomena do not become objects of faith, that is, they are not binding for believers. This error has been registered especially in some parts of the world,” she said.

Vatican Museums offer Marian tour of Pope’s gardens in May

From 4 to 29 May, every Wednesday (after the regular General Audiences of the Holy Father) – and every Saturday, it will be possible to join in this special Marian pilgrimage among the botanical and artistic wonders of the Pope’s’ Gardens, a place once reserved for the Pontiffs’ brief moments of rest, and today also open to visits and appreciation by the general public