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Spiritual healing: Miracle or myth?

Marvin does it in Fife, Pope John Paul II did it for a nun in France and without it, others say they would be dead. So what is the reality behind the power of faith healing? Karin Goodwin investigates

BACK in January 1999,Anne'slifewassostraightforward. Married with three children, she worked in a bank, tended the garden, and went to mass on a Sunday. Then one day everything fell apart.