Thread 18142632

>in 1968-1969, multiple people witness Marian apparitions in Andalusia, Spain.
>in 1970 Catholic church officially declares that despite multiple witnesses, Marian apparitions of Andalusia were all just mass hysteria and mass delusions that never happened
How does the church exactly decide which apparitions were real and which were just group psychosis?

Do you have any sources? Never heard of this.

>>18142646
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Palmar

It even spawned a cult that splintered from Catholic church

>>18142654
Will read this later. As an answer, it is usually a pretty long and rigorous investigation. They interview the seers, analyze the messages, look if there are inexplicable things, etc.

They usually are very conservative about this, since the scandal of allowing a fake one to be "approved" would be pretty bad. Even the biggest, clearest example where something supernatural happened (Fatima) took years for the decision to happen.