[JMJ333]

Has the Church officially sanctioned this as a miracle?

No, They haven't. The church moves at a snails pace when it comes to approving apparitions and miracles. That doesn't mean that Archbishop Giordano isn't sincere in his beliefs of a miracle in the liquidation of the blood. Unless the church condemns it as false, it is acceptable to view it as a means to grace.

[Le-Roy]

   Seems to me I recall a book where one of the leading characters said something about '...a perverse generation...seeking after a sign...'.

   If the glory of God is as near as your next heart-beat, why this insane longing for symbolism in cheap parlor-tricks?

[sinkspur]

The church moves at a snails pace when it comes to approving apparitions and miracles.

Snail's pace?

This event has been occurring yearly since 1389!

That's SIX HUNDRED YEARS!

Lourdes was approved as a place of miracles in less than twenty years.

I'll pray to St. Januarius and allow the Napalese to have their tradition.

I'm still suspicious.

[Unbeliever]

Unless the church condemns it as false, it is acceptable to view it as a means to grace.

What do you mean by "as a means to grace".