Reading Kripal’s work—and especially looking at the footnotes—I’m struck by how thoughtfully he listens to his fellow humans, whether it’s alien abductees and other “experiencers” who are ridiculed by ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Once left only to local bishops, the Vatican doctrinal office will now have the ultimate say on apparitions, miracles and the supernatural. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Weeping Madonnas, ...

In a document published Friday, the Vatican’s doctrine office outlined its new rules for evaluating phenomena such as apparitions or visions of Jesus Christ or the Virgin Mary. Under the new ...

ROME — Supernatural events like visions of the Virgin Mary and statues weeping tears of blood have for centuries stirred the faithful — and controversy for the Catholic Church. In the age of social ...

The Vatican is offering insight on apparitions and other supernatural phenomena on Friday in a press conference set to be streamed live on YouTube. The press conference has been scheduled for Friday ...

Jeff and Susie Eastman were hunting for ghosts at Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in West Virginia when one of their paranormal devices lit up a pitch-black hallway, triggered by what they believed to ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican on Friday radically reformed its process for evaluating alleged visions of the Virgin Mary, weeping statues and other seemingly supernatural phenomena that have long ...

Younger Americans are more likely to express belief in witchcraft and luck, as our new research shows in the journal Sociology of Religion. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news ...

(CNN) — The Vatican has tightened up its guidance on recognizing supernatural phenomena such as apparitions of the Virgin Mary and seemingly blood-soaked crucifixes. The new guidelines replace rules ...

The Santa Monica Public Library will welcome veteran investigator James Underdown for “Fact or Fake? Science Looks at Paranormal Phenomena” on Saturday, Nov. 14 at 2 p.m. in Main Library's MLK, Jr.

(THE CONVERSATION) Younger Americans are more likely to express belief in witchcraft and luck, as our new research shows. As sociologists who research the social dynamics of religion in the United ...