apparition

“She is Our Lady of Guadalupe,” he tells me, a Marian apparition venerated as a national icon in Mexico.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026

One of the finest stories here, “Late,” involves another apparition.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2025

It's a trait Abigail explores on the opening track, Agnus Dei, which depicts one of her exes as a heavenly apparition, descending from the clouds onto London Bridge.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2025

Least expensive: “A Polaroid of an apparition of the Virgin Mary in a glass structure in Clearwater, Fla. I got it on eBay for $7.”

From New York Times ● May 16, 2024

Amarante Cordova, guarding Joe’s beanfield again, may or may not have been dreaming when he encountered his second angelic apparition.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

And when these apparitions vanish, the text’s overriding theme—of life’s evanescence but also its beauty—does finally dovetail with the ghostly images created by the technology.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026

"A lot of the time we're just scared of these apparitions that we've created and these narratives that we've foisted upon other people."

From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2024

Given that apparitions or other sightings are private experiences for individuals, the church does not require the faithful to accept the authenticity of such events.

From New York Times ● May 17, 2024

On Friday, the Vatican’s doctrinal office will issue a revised set of norms for discerning apparitions “and other supernatural phenomena,” updating a set of guidelines first issued in 1978.

From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2024

“There are—Lidewij, there are two adolescent apparitions outside the door.”

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green