Originally published at Orange County Catholic
Fr. Robert Spitzer, S.J., Ph.D., a leading expert on the proof of faith through science, and Adriana Acutis, a noted researcher on the Holy Shroud of Turin, led a discussion at the Christ Cathedral campus recently on Eucharistic miracles and the connection between the Holy Shroud, believed to be the linen cloth used to wrap the body of Jesus after His crucifixion, and the Divine Mercy painting.
The April 6 presentation, held in the in the Arboretum on the Christ Cathedral campus, also featured visuals and displays and drew close to 1,000 attendees. Fr. Spitzer, president of the Magis Center for Reason and Faith based at Christ Cathedral, discussed three Eucharistic miracles that he said have been scientifically proven – the Buenos Aires miracle of 1996, the Tixtla miracle of 2006 and the Sokółka miracle of 2008.
There are other Eucharistic miracles going back to 750 AD, Fr. Spitzer said.
“The chain of custody, of course, can’t be guaranteed because let’s face facts, 1,300 years, that’s a lot of custody to guarantee,” he said. “So, I’m not going to take that up right now. I’m going to begin with just those three miracles.”
The Buenos Aires miracle occurred in August
