They are attacked by several ghostly apparitions. It depicts various supernatural phenomena, including disembodied voices, apparitions, and possession. The Catholic Church has made successive comments on the status of the Medjugorje apparitions. Numerous garden shrines are modelled after these apparitions. Since the earliest of the Lourdes apparitions, there has been intense debate regarding their veracity. During the Apparitions, Bernadette Soubirous prayed the Rosary. Pope Pius XII approved the "Fatima apparitions" in 1940. However, many Catholics express belief in Marian apparitions. The veracity of the apparitions of Lourdes is not an article of faith for Catholics. Most of them were based on "Strange Apparitions". The Catholic Church has neither approved nor condemned the Garabandal apparitions. Others were related to Marian apparitions. Nikolai arrives and witnesses one of the apparitions. The church is the site of several reported Marian apparitions. The apparitions, for believing Catholics, held significant eschatological significance.