Sanationes
Lourdes Medical Bureau
- Category
- Healing shrines
- When
- 1862–present
- Where
- Lourdes, France
- In the Church
- Ecclesiastical investigation of cures
Summary
Independent physicians verify cures that cannot be explained by current science after prayer at Lourdes.
What Happened
The International Medical Committee of Lourdes examines records, testimony, and medical history. As of recent decades, about seventy cures are recognized as miraculous by the Church, among thousands of reported healings.
Why It Matters
Offers hope to the sick while respecting medicine; every recognized cure is a sign, not a guarantee, for all who suffer.