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Vatican Formally Declares Dozulé Apparitions Not Supernatural

The ruling cites a failed end‑of‑world prophecy to shield the faithful from misleading claims.

Overview

  • The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith issued a new instruction approved by Pope Leo XIV that concludes the 1970s Dozulé phenomenon lacks supernatural origin.
  • Prefect Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández confirmed the decision in a letter that upholds the Bishop of BayeuxLisieux’s longstanding negative judgment.
  • A local woman had reported 49 visions and messages in the 1970s, including a directive to erect a prominent cross on a hillside in Normandy.
  • The instruction notes that a prophecy predicting the world would end before 2000 did not occur and warns against monetizing alleged religious phenomena.
  • The Vatican underscores its formal evaluation process for private revelations and situates the case against historically approved devotions such as Guadalupe and the revelations to Faustina Kowalska.