What do Catholics believe about miracles?
Historically there has always been a real openness to the miraculous in the Catholic Church both at the grass roots level and in its official teaching. In my experience there is a growing appreciation of the reality of miracles today, both inside and outside of the Church. We have passed the stage when, in the Western world, miracles were generally rejected as mythical or fraudulent by a large percentage of ‘educated’ people. A large proportion of Catholics have always believed that miracles do happen, in particular healing miracles of which there are increasing reports both in England and across the world. This enduring grass roots faith in miracles is expressed at the highest levels of the Church in her official teaching documents. One of these states: ‘…in order that the obedience of our faith might be in harmony with reason, God willed that to the interior help of the Holy Spirit there should be joined exterior proofs of His revelation, to wit, divine facts, and especially miracles
