{"id":510163,"date":"2026-06-02T07:09:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T11:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/the-german-catholic-church-will-investigate-the-alleged-apparitions-of-the-virgin-mary-and-jesus-in-sievernich\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T07:09:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T11:09:40","slug":"the-german-catholic-church-will-investigate-the-alleged-apparitions-of-the-virgin-mary-and-jesus-in-sievernich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/international\/the-german-catholic-church-will-investigate-the-alleged-apparitions-of-the-virgin-mary-and-jesus-in-sievernich\/","title":{"rendered":"The German Catholic Church will investigate the alleged apparitions of the Virgin Mary and Jesus in Sievernich"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Berlin (EFE).- The German Catholic Church has created an investigative commission to look into the apparitions of the Virgin Mary and the Child Jesus that supposedly take place in Sievernich (west), according to what has been published in the monthly bulletin of the Diocese of Aachen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Bishop of Aachen, Helmut Dieser, has established it based on the new &#8220;Norms for Proceeding in the Discernment of Alleged Supernatural Phenomena&#8221; that the Vatican&#8217;s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith drew up in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>You might be interested in: <a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/internacionales\/el-gobierno-de-libano\/\">The Government of Lebanon said that the terrorist group Hezbollah agreed to stop attacks against Israel<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-supuestas-apariciones-de-la-virgen-entre-2001-y-2005\">Supposed apparitions of the Virgin between 2001 and 2005<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The alleged Marian apparitions occurred at the Church of St. John the Baptist in the small town of Sievernich between the years 2001 and 2005.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There, a parishioner named Manuela Strack claimed to have seen the Virgin, accompanied by various saints, including Saint Teresa of Avila, and the Archangel Michael, and to have received messages urging people to pray and help those in need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-y-del-nino-jesus\">And of the Child Jesus<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Starting in 2018, the Child Jesus began to appear to him, in the form of the Divine Child Jesus of Prague.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the years, an active <a href=\"https:\/\/efe.com\/noticias\/religion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">religious<\/a> community has formed around the alleged apparitions, which has also attracted many pilgrims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the community&#8217;s website, the most recent appearance, on May 22nd, was that of the Lebanese saint Charbel Makhlouf, who supposedly urged prayer for peace in the Middle East and for Christians in Lebanon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">r<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Berlin (EFE).- The German Catholic Church has created an investigative commission to look into the apparitions of the Virgin Mary and the Child Jesus that supposedly take place in Sievernich (west), according to what has been published in the monthly bulletin of the Diocese of Aachen. 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