Lourdes recognizes 72nd miracle.
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Wednesday, April 16, 2025 – The Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes hosts the official proclamation of the 72nd miracle of Lourdes by Bishop Vincenzo Carmine Orofino, Bishop of the Diocese of Tursi-Lagonegro (Province of Matera), Italy.
Antonietta Raco, who suffers from primary lateral sclerosis (PLS), was cured in 2009 during her pilgrimage to Lourdes.
CHRONOLOGY
In 2004: severe headache attacks, accompanied by cramps and general weakness, with difficulty walking.
In 2005: deterioration of the ability to walk with the appearance of dysphagia and dysarthria.
In 2006: the diagnosis is made: Primary Lateral Sclerosis (PLS).
In 2008: worsening of his condition, with a reduction of his forced expiratory vital capacity (EVC), as well as hyposthenia and tetraparesis, mainly on the left side.
In 2009: Antonietta Raco took part in a pilgrimage to Lourdes from 30 July to 5 August, accompanied by UNITALSI (regional committee of Basilicata).
When she went to the Baths, she reported feeling an unusual sense of well-being and being able to walk again. She did not speak about it until she returned home.
In August and September of the same year, she underwent a series of check-ups which showed that the symptoms she had been experiencing since 2004 had disappeared, and confirmed the diagnosis of Primary Lateral Sclerosis.
In July 2010: Antonietta Raco declared her supposed cure to the Lourdes Office of Medical Observations.
Immediately a 1st meeting of the Bureau des Constatations was convened, at which the doctors present unanimously decided to open a file and investigate her medical history. Further meetings of the Bureau were held in 2012, 2013 and 2016.
In 2013: Antonietta Raco was assessed by the Neurology Department of the University of Milan, which confirmed the diagnosis and took charge of the follow-up.
In 2017: a 5th and final meeting of the Bureau des Constatations was convened. The members of the Bureau who were present collegially observed Antonietta Raco’s cure, qualified as unexplained according to medical knowledge.
In November 2024: after a period of clinical observation and validation of the international consensus on the diagnosis of PLS, the International Medical Committee of Lourdes (CMIL), at its annual meeting, called on the members present to vote:
‘Is Mrs Antonietta RACO cured of Primary Lateral Sclerosis (PLS), in accordance with the 2020 consensus, validated in 2024, in an unexpected, complete, lasting and unexplained manner according to medical knowledge?’.
The majority voted YES.
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