Doctors’ panel won’t rule on ’miracles’ at Lourdes

By Associated Press
Wednesday, December 3, 2008 - Added 352d 23h ago

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PARIS - An international doctors’ panel appointed by the Roman Catholic Church says it’s getting out of the "miracle" business at Lourdes.

The panel will no longer judge whether pilgrims to the French shrine could have benefited from "miracle" healing — a huge shift from the centuries-old way of deciding what makes the cut as a divine cure.

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