(NewsNation) — The Vatican will offer guidance Friday regarding supernatural phenomena and other apparitions, presenting new provisions of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.
As described in the Encyclopedia of the Bible, an “apparition” refers to the appearance of a spiritual or supernatural visitor, most likely with instances involving a divine entity such as the Virgin Mary or a saint.
Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, Msgr. Armando Matteo and Sr. Daniela Del Gaudio are expected to speak at a press conference at noon local time. The updated document will also be published Friday, and a live stream of the conference will be available through the Vatican’s YouTube.
Previously, Fernández said the dicastery is “in the process of finalizing a new text with clear guidelines and norms for the discernment of apparitions and other phenomena,” per Fox News. The last time the Vatican revised its doctrine for evaluating “apparitions” and other supernatural events was in 1978, per the Catholic News Service.
While not directly expected to talk about UFOs, there are many in the UFO community — including GOP Tennesee Rep. Tim Burchett, theologians and ancient astronaut theorists — who believe one possible explanation is aliens and angels are one and the same.
In his exclusive NewsNation interview last summer, David Grusch also claimed the Vatican was in on a 90-year UFO cover-up.
