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 Bayeux‑Lisieux’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.
