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 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.