Rumored supernatural sighting of Jesus in hillside town debunked by Pope Leo XIV

Rumors and stories of peculiar appearances made by Jesus Christ successful the municipality of Dozulé, France, person been declared not true.

In the 1970s, a Catholic mother, Madeleine Aumont, reported seeing Jesus 49 times, sharing that the Lord told her to physique an tremendous transverse successful the French town.

The "Glorious Cross of Dozulé" was to beryllium built to a tallness of implicit 2,000 feet; it besides needed to beryllium illuminated, according to claims. 

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There is simply a akin and smaller transverse connected show successful the town. 

"The improvement of the alleged apparitions ... is to beryllium regarded, definitively, arsenic not supernatural successful origin, with each the consequences that travel from this determination," substance from the doctrinal bureau approved by Pope Leo XIV said.

"The improvement of the alleged apparitions ... is to beryllium regarded, definitively, arsenic not supernatural successful origin, with each the consequences that travel from this determination," said the substance from the doctrinal bureau approved by Pope Leo XIV. Above, the smaller transverse that already exists successful the town.  (Hanna Wagner/Alamy)

"The Cross does not request 738 meters of alloy oregon factual to beryllium recognized: It is raised each clip a heart, moved by grace, opens itself to forgiveness."

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Dozulé is located successful the mediate of the Normandy portion successful bluish France. 

The municipality had a colonisation of 2,279 radical successful 2022, according to Ville-Data.

Pope Leo XIV meets with the College of Cardinals successful the New Synod Hall astatine the Vatican May 10, 2025. (Vatican Media via AP)

Father Patrick Mary Briscoe, a Dominican friar based successful Rome, Italy, told Fox News Digital the Dozulé messages inspired curiosity successful immoderate circles.

"[The connection was] ne'er embraced by the wider Church," helium said. "Perhaps that is due to the fact that the Church plainly teaches that the transverse of Christ is the acme of revelation.

"Pope Leo is keeping the absorption wherever it belongs — connected Christ."

"The Church’s determination is simply a reminder that our anticipation isn’t successful backstage revelations oregon sensational claims, but successful the powerfulness of the sacraments and the information of the Gospel."

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Father Briscoe said Pope Leo's support of this declaration shows however earnestly the religion takes discernment successful spiritual matters — "not to suppress faith, but to purify it" — and to guarantee that religion is not anchored by emotion oregon speculation, but truth.

Pope Leo's support of the caller declaration shows however earnestly the Church takes discernment successful spiritual matters, "not to suppress faith, but to purify it," said a Dominican friar based successful Rome.  (David Ramos/Getty Images)

"It's wide that Pope Leo intends to talk straight to our technological age," Father Briscoe besides said. "His caller comments connected compulsive gambling and net addiction, for example, amusement that he's reasoning astir pressing issues."

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He shared that doctrinal clarity helps support Christian teaching from superstition and excess.

"The Vatican’s discernment present safeguards authentic devotion. This is astir protecting believers from confusion," said Briscoe. "The Vatican isn’t closing the doorway connected devotion. Instead, Pope Leo is keeping the absorption wherever it belongs — connected Christ."

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Reuters contributed reporting.