![Hidajet Delic Bosnian Roman Catholic women pray on the occasion of the feast of the Assumption in Medjugorje, some 120 kilometers (75 miles) south of the Bosnian capital Sarajevo on Tuesday, August 15, 2000. Some 19 years ago six young people claimed Holy Mary appeared to them in the town of Medjugorje. On Friday, May 17, 2024, the Vatican will issue revised norms for discerning apparitions "and other supernatural phenomena," updating a set of guidelines first issued in 1978. (AP Photo/Hidajet Delic, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/cc9318f913fc49709df1334b9786692e/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Bosnian Roman Catholic women pray on the occasion of the feast of the Assumption in Medjugorje, some 120 kilometers (75 miles) south of the Bosnian capital Sarajevo on Tuesday, August 15, 2000. Some 19 years ago six young people claimed Holy Mary appeared to them in the town of Medjugorje. On Friday, May 17, 2024, the Vatican will issue revised norms for discerning apparitions "and other supernatural phenomena," updating a set of guidelines first issued in 1978. (AP Photo/Hidajet Delic, File)
![Amel Emric Pilgrims say prayers at the 'Hill of Appearance' in the southern-Bosnian town of Medjugorje, 100 kms south of Sarajevo, on Friday, June 25, 2010, where it is believed that the Virgin Mary showed herself and conveyed messages of peace to six children on June 25, 1981. On Friday, May 17, 2024, the Vatican will issue revised norms for discerning apparitions "and other supernatural phenomena," updating a set of guidelines first issued in 1978. (AP Photo/Amel Emric, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/89b609da69dc4cf2acbdeab22bdcb7e9/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Pilgrims say prayers at the 'Hill of Appearance' in the southern-Bosnian town of Medjugorje, 100 kms south of Sarajevo, on Friday, June 25, 2010, where it is believed that the Virgin Mary showed herself and conveyed messages of peace to six children on June 25, 1981. On Friday, May 17, 2024, the Vatican will issue revised norms for discerning apparitions "and other supernatural phenomena," updating a set of guidelines first issued in 1978. (AP Photo/Amel Emric, File)
![Amel Emric Pilgrims walk around a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary near the church of St. James in Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, some 120 kilometers (75 miles) south of the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo on Sunday, June 25, 2006. On Friday, May 17, 2024, the Vatican will issue revised norms for discerning apparitions "and other supernatural phenomena," updating a set of guidelines first issued in 1978. (AP Photo/Amel Emric, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/2163c27fcfeb438d8e63e4fee05f2428/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Pilgrims walk around a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary near the church of St. James in Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, some 120 kilometers (75 miles) south of the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo on Sunday, June 25, 2006. On Friday, May 17, 2024, the Vatican will issue revised norms for discerning apparitions "and other supernatural phenomena," updating a set of guidelines first issued in 1978. (AP Photo/Amel Emric, File)
![Bob Edme Pilgrims pray at the Roman Catholic shrine in Lourdes, southwestern France, Friday, Feb.11, 2022. On Friday, May 17, 2024, the Vatican will issue revised norms for discerning apparitions "and other supernatural phenomena," updating a set of guidelines first issued in 1978. (AP Photo/Bob Edme, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/49f220c6ade5471dbf010af5d06b95f7/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Pilgrims pray at the Roman Catholic shrine in Lourdes, southwestern France, Friday, Feb.11, 2022. On Friday, May 17, 2024, the Vatican will issue revised norms for discerning apparitions "and other supernatural phenomena," updating a set of guidelines first issued in 1978. (AP Photo/Bob Edme, File)
![Alessandra Tarantino Argentine Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez, left, head of the Vatican doctrine office, is flanked by Sister Daniela del Gaudio, head of he Observatory on Marian Apparitions and Mystical Phenomenon, during a press conference at the Vatican, Friday, May 17, 2024. 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 punctuated church history, putting the brakes on making definitive declarations unless the event is obviously fabricated. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/671da5a8d4804af2bd8a632776aa2420/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Argentine Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez, left, head of the Vatican doctrine office, is flanked by Sister Daniela del Gaudio, head of he Observatory on Marian Apparitions and Mystical Phenomenon, during a press conference at the Vatican, Friday, May 17, 2024. 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 punctuated church history, putting the brakes on making definitive declarations unless the event is obviously fabricated. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
![Jaime Puebla Faithful light candles while visiting the Virgin of Guadalupe's Sanctuary to celebrate her day in Guatemala City on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2002. On Friday, May 17, 2024, the Vatican will issue revised norms for discerning apparitions "and other supernatural phenomena," updating a set of guidelines first issued in 1978. (AP Photo/Jaime Puebla, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/840e5a82f6294a45871da969bf0d1bf6/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Faithful light candles while visiting the Virgin of Guadalupe's Sanctuary to celebrate her day in Guatemala City on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2002. On Friday, May 17, 2024, the Vatican will issue revised norms for discerning apparitions "and other supernatural phenomena," updating a set of guidelines first issued in 1978. (AP Photo/Jaime Puebla, File)
![Alessandra Tarantino Argentine Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez, left, head of the Vatican doctrine office, and Sister Daniela del Gaudio, head of he Observatory on Marian Apparitions and Mystical Phenomenon, shake hands at the end of a press conference at the Vatican, Friday, May 17, 2024. 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 punctuated church history, putting the brakes on making definitive declarations unless the event is obviously fabricated. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/cfdcedb114824e7f82a1d4fb6092f018/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Argentine Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez, left, head of the Vatican doctrine office, and Sister Daniela del Gaudio, head of he Observatory on Marian Apparitions and Mystical Phenomenon, shake hands at the end of a press conference at the Vatican, Friday, May 17, 2024. 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 punctuated church history, putting the brakes on making definitive declarations unless the event is obviously fabricated. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
![Amel Emric A Franciscan friar blesses pilgrims as they kneel in prayer around a statue of the Virgin Mary at the Hill Of Appearance in the southern Bosnian town of Medjugorje,160 kms south of Sarajevo, Saturday, June 25, 2011, where it is believed that the Virgin Mary showed herself and conveyed messages of peace to six children on June 25, 1981. On Friday, May 17, 2024, the Vatican will issue revised norms for discerning apparitions "and other supernatural phenomena," updating a set of guidelines first issued in 1978. (AP Photo/Amel Emric, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/3ccfd79b0f7b453fb7bb3bf15b2cebb5/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A Franciscan friar blesses pilgrims as they kneel in prayer around a statue of the Virgin Mary at the Hill Of Appearance in the southern Bosnian town of Medjugorje,160 kms south of Sarajevo, Saturday, June 25, 2011, where it is believed that the Virgin Mary showed herself and conveyed messages of peace to six children on June 25, 1981. On Friday, May 17, 2024, the Vatican will issue revised norms for discerning apparitions "and other supernatural phenomena," updating a set of guidelines first issued in 1978. (AP Photo/Amel Emric, File)
![Amel Emric Pilgrims walk on a rocky terrain to say their prayers on the Hill Of Appearance in Medjugorje,100 km south of Sarajevo, Monday, June 25, 2012, where it is believed that the Virgin Mary showed herself and conveyed messages of peace to six children on June 25, 1981. On Friday, May 17, 2024, the Vatican will issue revised norms for discerning apparitions "and other supernatural phenomena," updating a set of guidelines first issued in 1978. (AP Photo/Amel Emric, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/008717d044434842abe20d1505b9eea6/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Pilgrims walk on a rocky terrain to say their prayers on the Hill Of Appearance in Medjugorje,100 km south of Sarajevo, Monday, June 25, 2012, where it is believed that the Virgin Mary showed herself and conveyed messages of peace to six children on June 25, 1981. On Friday, May 17, 2024, the Vatican will issue revised norms for discerning apparitions "and other supernatural phenomena," updating a set of guidelines first issued in 1978. (AP Photo/Amel Emric, File)
![Alessandra Tarantino Argentine Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez, head of the Vatican doctrine office, poses for photographers at the end of a press conference at the Vatican, Friday, May 17, 2024. 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 punctuated church history, putting the brakes on making definitive declarations unless the event is obviously fabricated. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/dca3337e36a04799872aa0dbb00e39b6/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Argentine Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez, head of the Vatican doctrine office, poses for photographers at the end of a press conference at the Vatican, Friday, May 17, 2024. 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 punctuated church history, putting the brakes on making definitive declarations unless the event is obviously fabricated. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
![Paulo Novais Pope Francis in his popemobile leaves at the end of a Mass where he canonized shepherd children Jacinta and Francisco Marto at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima, Saturday, Friday, May 13, 2017, in Fatima, Portugal. On Friday, May 17, 2024, the Vatican will issue revised norms for discerning apparitions "and other supernatural phenomena," updating a set of guidelines first issued in 1978. (Paulo Novais/Pool Photo via AP, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/200e985387a54dd49379fe82f9946016/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Pope Francis in his popemobile leaves at the end of a Mass where he canonized shepherd children Jacinta and Francisco Marto at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima, Saturday, Friday, May 13, 2017, in Fatima, Portugal. On Friday, May 17, 2024, the Vatican will issue revised norms for discerning apparitions "and other supernatural phenomena," updating a set of guidelines first issued in 1978. (Paulo Novais/Pool Photo via AP, File)
![Alessandra Tarantino Argentine Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez, left, head of the Vatican doctrine office, and Sister Daniela del Gaudio, head of he Observatory on Marian Apparitions and Mystical Phenomenon, attend a press conference at the Vatican, Friday, May 17, 2024. 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 punctuated church history, putting the brakes on making definitive declarations unless the event is obviously fabricated. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/bd39899d81c6435295fd69003f0515b4/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Argentine Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez, left, head of the Vatican doctrine office, and Sister Daniela del Gaudio, head of he Observatory on Marian Apparitions and Mystical Phenomenon, attend a press conference at the Vatican, Friday, May 17, 2024. 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 punctuated church history, putting the brakes on making definitive declarations unless the event is obviously fabricated. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
![Alessandra Tarantino Sister Daniela del Gaudio, head of he Observatory on Marian Apparitions and Mystical Phenomenon, leaves at the end of a press conference at the Vatican, Friday, May 17, 2024. 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 punctuated church history, putting the brakes on making definitive declarations unless the event is obviously fabricated. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/20fda78881af45a6b7ab17da22a952ad/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Sister Daniela del Gaudio, head of he Observatory on Marian Apparitions and Mystical Phenomenon, leaves at the end of a press conference at the Vatican, Friday, May 17, 2024. 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 punctuated church history, putting the brakes on making definitive declarations unless the event is obviously fabricated. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
![Alessandra Tarantino Argentine Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernandez, head of the Vatican doctrine office, poses for photographers at the end of a press conference at the Vatican, Friday, May 17, 2024. 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 punctuated church history, putting the brakes on making definitive declarations unless the event is obviously fabricated. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/c5c6d775f37348c1ac6831ca0d281113/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Argentine Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernandez, head of the Vatican doctrine office, poses for photographers at the end of a press conference at the Vatican, Friday, May 17, 2024. 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 punctuated church history, putting the brakes on making definitive declarations unless the event is obviously fabricated. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)