Miraculous Healings

Healing of Edeltraud Fulda (Haidinger)

Lourdes, Austria · 20th Century

Vatican ApprovedHealingLourdesMedical BureauC.M.I.L.
Healing of Edeltraud Fulda (Haidinger)
Healing of Edeltraud Fulda (Haidinger)Lourdes, Austria

What Was Truly Miraculous

Edeltraud Fulda had Addison's disease. She was cured at Lourdes on 12 August 1950. The Bishop of Vienna declared the cure miraculous in 1955. Addison's disease is life-threatening; before hormone replacement therapy it was invariably fatal. Spontaneous recovery does not occur.

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 Vienna recognized it on 18 May 1955. Addison's disease was invariably fatal before hormone therapy. Spontaneous recovery does not occur.