I hadn&#x27;t heard of the Vatican official story, but certainly many religiously minded people will use prayer as a self-regulated placebo.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;whywontgodhealamputees.com" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;whywontgodhealamputees.com</a><p>Which makes me wonder if some of the more faith healing type of religions end up being sued when the prayer doesn&#x27;t actually produce results.