Miraculous Healings

Healing of Sister Julienne (Aline Bruyere)

Lourdes, France · 20th Century

Vatican ApprovedHealingLourdesMedical BureauC.M.I.L.
Healing of Sister Julienne (Aline Bruyere)
Healing of Sister Julienne (Aline Bruyere)Lourdes, France

What Was Truly Miraculous

Sister Julienne had grave, incurable pulmonary tuberculosis. She was cured in a completely sudden way in the Baths at Lourdes and remained perfectly well for more than a year. Dr. Dunot de St. Maclou and Dr. Boissarie investigated in 1889–1890. When the Canonical enquiry took place in 1911–1912, another group of doctors examined her and were shown an X-ray demonstrating the original pulmonary lesion. The Bishop of Tulle officially recognized the cure as miraculous on 7 March 1912.

Why It Can't Be Dismissed

The Lourdes Medical Bureau gathered documentation; the International Medical Committee (C.M.I.L.) affirmed the cure was inexplicable in the current state of medical knowledge. The Bishop of Tulle recognized it on 7 March 1912. Tuberculosis was the leading cause of death before antibiotics. Rapid, complete cure without drugs is medically unexplained.