Unsolved mysteries. Disc 2, Miracles
Miracle of Fatima: Three young girls in rural Portugal in 1917 claimed the Virgin Mary visited them several times and gave prophecies of the future which turned out to be accurate. During the controversy that followed, they said Mary would appear again on October 13, 1917. On that day, 70,000 people witnessed strange celestial phenomena: an undulating sun, ribbons of multi-colored light across the sky. Fatima is one of the most revered shrines in all of Catholicism.--Baby' breath: A couple gave birth to a baby born with no vital signs. An emergency medical team tried desperately to revive him, but after 33 minutes, he was officially declared dead. The family gave permission for an autopsy, but first they were given time to say their goodbyes. They go to the morgue to hold him and, suddenly, he began to breathe. The six doctors and eight nurses believe they witnessed a miracle.--Healing from the grave: A 12-year-old girl dies in 1959 of leukemia, offering to suffer for others. As word spreads of her saintly ways, thousands gathered for an annual Mass in her memory. Many people claim to have prayed for her and been healed, including a 32-year-old victim of colon cancer whose cure defied medical science.--Powers of prayer: A woman with breast cancer facing a radical mastectomy; a little boy with a terminal case of liver disease; in both cases, each was cured before medical intervention, but after their families and friends held prayer vigils.--Candy and Roxy: Trish Zemba suffered a debilitating nerve disorder that casued her unspeakable pain. The day before drastic surgery, the pain left her body. Trish and her family attribute her recovery to the infinite power of faith.--Father Salanus Casey: for half a century, Father Salanus Casey was a humble doorkeeper at his church. After his death in 1956, many terminallly ill people who prayer to Father Solanus, asking him to beseech God for help, believe they were healed because of his intervention.--Christmas miracle: Just before Christmas, 1982, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 7 year old Chucky McGivern came down with a case of chicken pox. In three days, he lapsed into a coma and was re-diagnosed with a rare, fatal disease that attacks the brain, liver, and central nervous system. Family and friends maintained a round-the-clock prayer vigil and a priest administered last rights. Someone scotch taped a picture of St. John Neuman to his hospital wall. In an hour, Chuckie was off the life support, talking, and sitting up in bed. But the family and doctors never found out who taped the picture to the wall
DVD Video, English, 2004
First Look Home Entertainment, Los Angeles, Calif., 2004