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It's good that his tumour has gone away. But I'm not so sure I would call it a miracle. It could have been. Or maybe it was science. Or maybe luck. Who knows. But if you want to believe it's a miracle then there's nothing wrong with that. Whether God exists or not, prayer is a good placebo and can give people strength.Praise God for his goodness!
Fr. John Hollowell of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis announced on Jan. 30 that he was healed of a brain tumor while visiting Lourdes, France.
The pastor of Annunciation Catholic Church in Brazil, Indiana was first diagnosed with a brain tumor in early 2020. He decided to offer all of his suffering for the victims of clergy abuse.
In the YouTube video announcement, Fr. Hollowell provides a brief history and the providential nature of his diagnosis and healing.
He received his diagnosis on the Feb. 11 feast of Our Lady of Lourdes in 2020 at the Mayo Clinic.
“I found out that I had a brain tumor up at the Mayo Clinic on Feb. 11, the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. That night, I actually had Mass in the Chapel of Our Lady of Lourdes.”
Fr. Hollowell then explains the Mayo Clinic’s history, which began after a Franciscan abbess’ supernatural vision.
“The abbess had vision of a hospital and Jesus told her to go into town and find Dr. Mayo. So she did, and that’s how the Mayo clinic started,” the priest said. “The nuns were the early nurses of the hospital. The Mayo clinic is actually connected, and in the same building as the chapel of Our Lady of Lourdes.”
The priest since underwent surgery and treatment, but shortly before he left for Lourdes, his tumor returned. However, he said he was at peace with death if God willed it.
“The MRI showed it growing back,” he said. “In fact, the MRI also found a tumor on my pituitary gland. I was okay if I died…I was willing to make the the sacrifice for victims of of Catholic clergy abuse.
“But I thought, if I go to Lourdes and I’m healed there, then that might have an impact on some of my fallen away family and friends from the Catholic Church. So I went there and I was healed,” he said.
“Thanks be to God,” the priest rejoiced. “I’m just very excited–I was happy either way, but again, I went to Lourdes and was healed.”
Fr. Hollowell then concludes his announcement thanking his viewers for their prayers.
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Priest With Brain Tumor Says He Was Healed While Visiting Lourdes: "I'm Very Excited"
Praise God for his goodness! Fr. John Hollowell of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis announced on Jan. 30 that he was healed of a brain tumor while visiting Lourdes, France. The pastor of Annunciation Catholic Church in Brazil, Indiana was first diagnosed with a brain tumor in early 2020...aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com
I thought I'd give our athiests friends the oppurtunity to discredit this miracle, I'd rather see some respectable professional put up a creadable argument against the claim, rather than have some small time bigot with a bee in his bonnet claim that its all made up to fool us Catholics.
Indiana priest says he's cured of brain tumor after trip to Lourdes: 'Thanks be to God'
An Indiana priest says he was cured of a brain tumor after making a June 2022 pilgrimage to Lourdes, France. Fr. John Hollowell said he offered up his suffering for abuse survivors.
One New York-based doctor offered his professional medical opinion — and his belief in the power of prayer.
"I believe in the power of prayer, and I believe in miracle cures and I believe in Lourdes," Dr. Marc Siegel, a Fox News contributor and a professor of medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center, told Fox News Digital.
"But [with] this particular tumor, there is about a 74% five-year survival rate, depending on what grade it is," Dr. Siegel added.
"And Hollowell had surgery and chemotherapy, so it’s not surprising to me that [the tumor] is gone."
Noting that the type of tumor Hollowell had is not "the most severe of all brain tumors," Siegel also said that it "can be cured."
"If you ask me if being someone [whom] God smiles on plays a role in recovery — it does," he also said.
However, added Dr. Siegel, who did not treat Fr. Hollowell, "I don’t think it’s all Lourdes in this case. But I do think doctors have the hands of God — that’s a well-known saying. Great surgery, great chemo — and the power of prayer."
