The Vatican has a formal evaluation process for assessing claimed appearances, and it warns against use of alleged phenomena for monetary gain. That text said Mary cannot be called the “co-redeemer” of the world, since Catholics believe Jesus alone redeemed humanity by his crucifixion and death. AdvertisementNotable Vatican-approved apparitions include Mary’s appearance in Mexico as Our Lady of Guadalupe in 1531 and Jesus’ appearances to the Polish sister Faustina Kowalska in the 1930s. Your Support Fuels Our Mission Your Support Fuels Our Mission Join HuffPost The shutdown may be ending, but the story isn’t. The instruction also noted that the reported appearance of Jesus had said the world would end before the year 2000.
