Lourdes announces its 72nd miracle: Italian pilgrim

The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in France announced on Wednesday the recognition of the 72nd miracle in the place of Catholic pilgrimage, that of an Italian woman who was cured of a rare neuromuscular disease more than 15 years ago.

Fr. Michel Daubanes, rector of the sanctuary, made the announcement on Wednesday after the end of the Rosary in the French sanctuary, according to a tweet issued by the directors of the sacred place.

The pilgrim who received the miracle was identified as the Italian Antonietta Raco, who “suffered from primary lateral sclerosis” and was “cured in 2009 during her pilgrimage to Lourdes,” says the tweet.

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After bathing in the waters of Lourdes in 2009, Raco “began to move independently”, after which “the effects of the infamous disease disappeared immediately and definitely,” the Italian diocese said Wednesday.

“After a long period of precise investigations, the International Medical Committee of Lourdes, in turn, declared the medically inexplicable character through scientific knowledge of the recovery of the lady,” said the diocese.

Subsequently, the bishop “ordered the creation of a medical-theological commission and the appointment of an episcopal delegate to make the necessary ecclesial discernment about the alleged miraculous healing.”

“Thank God, who with this divine sign has once again stated his presence among his people,” said the diocese.

El periódico Italiano La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno He reported Wednesday that Raco’s doctor described healing as “a scientifically inexplicable phenomenon.”

Raco herself would have described having experienced “an unusual feeling of well -being” after bathing at the Lourdes spring in 2009.

Translated and adapted by the ACI Press team. Originally published in CNA.