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Medjugorje in the Catholic ChurchAdded September 25, 2024 / Category: Medjugorje and Vatican, Medjugorje in the Catholic Church Pope Francis grants approval for Medjugorje devotionThe Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, with the assent of Pope Francis, grants approval for devotion linked to Medjugorje, recognizing the abundant spiritual fruits received at the Sanctuary of the Queen of Peace without making a declaration on the supernatural character of the Marian apparitions. Added September 25, 2024 / Category: Medjugorje and Vatican, Medjugorje in the Catholic Church Medjugorje and the perspective of the ChurchAs the Dicastery for the Docrine of the Faith announces its approval for devotion linked to Medjugorje, Mons. Armando Matteo, the Dicastery’s Secretary, reviews the timeline of various commissions and bishops’ statements regarding the alleged apparitions at the Shrine. Added September 25, 2024 / Category: Medjugorje and Vatican, Medjugorje in the Catholic Church ‘A river of goodness amid human imperfections’The Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith presents the document “The Queen of Peace” on the spiritual experience in the Bosnian town of Medjugorje, saying Pope Francis’ approval is based on the pastoral reality and not evaluations about its supernatural nature. Added September 25, 2024 / Category: Medjugorje and Vatican, Medjugorje in the Catholic Church Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández: The Holy Spirit is at work in the spiritual experience of MedjugorjeAt a conference dedicated to the deepening of the new “Norms of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith for proceeding in the discernment of alleged supernatural phenomena”, the prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández clarified some parts of the document “The Queen of Peace” about the spiritual experience in the Herzegovinian Marian shrine, writes Vatican News. Added September 25, 2024 / Category: Medjugorje and Vatican, Medjugorje in the Catholic Church The shepherd's heart and the people's faithVatican News Editorial Director says Pope Francis' approval for Medjugorje was made possible thanks to the recognition of the positive fruits of the spiritual experience lived in that place, along with the pastoral approach of the Pope. Added December 8, 2013 / Category: Medjugorje in the Catholic Church, Medjugorje and Vatican CDF had recommended to make public a homily of the Bishop Ratko Peric regarding MedjugorjeOther languages: English, Italiano
By the Bishops of Tuscany During the "ad limina Apostolorum” visit of Bishops of the Region of Tuscany, from April 16-20, 2007 we had a meeting at the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith with the Secretary Monsignor Angelo Amato, who, while talking with us about the apparitions of Medjugorje, invited us to make public the homily of the Bishop of Mostar of June 15, 2006 given at St. James Parish in Medjugorje (see below), to make clear the religious phenomenon connected to this place. Added December 6, 2012 / Category: Medjugorje in the Catholic Church Vatican: Medjugorje Commission Findings Not ImminentBy Edward Pentin The Vatican is denying reports that a Vatican commission studying the alleged apparitions at Medjugorje will release its findings by the end of this year. In comments to the Register today, Vatican spokesman Fr. Federico Lombardi said the speculation was “not true” and that the commission’s findings will take longer. Added December 1, 2012 / Category: Medjugorje in the Catholic Church Medjugorje and the upcoming judgement of the Church - A reason for concern?By: Glenn Dallaire (Before I begin this article I would like to emphatically state that I remain neutral in what concerns the alleged apparitions of Medjugorge. In seeking to obey the Church, while at the same time awaiting the definitive judgment by the Vatican, I do recognise and give assent to the local Bishops opposition to the apparitions, and I also give assent to the 1991 "Zadar" decision from the Commission formed by the Yugoslavian Bishops conference which concluded "non constat de supernaturalitate" [the supernaturality is not proven]. Added January 30, 2010 / Category: Shepherds of Church Cardinal Schönborn Interview -- Mother of God – the best pastoral theologianMax Domej from Gebetsktion Wien spoke to Cardinal Christoph Schonborn, Archbishop of Vienna, during his visit to Međugorje. Added January 30, 2010 / Category: Shepherds of Church Cardinal Saraiva, also, is a skeptic about the apparitions at Medjugorje -- "The last word is up to the Holy See, but this has nothing to do with Fatima: it could be a trick of the devil"Other languages: English, Italiano
by Gianluca Barile for Petrus, www.papanews.it VATICAN CITY - The alleged apparitions of Medjugorje continue to inspire debate and sustain polemics, within and without the Church. Thus the presence at New Year's of Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, the Archbishop of Vienna, in the little Bosnia-Herzegovina locality, was only the most recent occasion to confirm the tension existing in the place where, since the 1980s, the Madonna is said to have appeared to six "seers". Added January 10, 2010 / Category: Shepherds of Church Cardinal Schönborn's HomilyDear brothers and sisters here in the church and on the squares in front of the church, and in the yellow hall... We are all conscious of the fact that it is a big privilege to not have to celebrate the New Year with champagne. (laughter) Maybe later. (laughter and applause) But now we are allowed to celebrate the beginning of the New Year with Mary and Joseph and with the child that is lying in the manger and with the shepherds. Added January 10, 2010 / Category: Shepherds of Church Interview with Cardinal Schönborn in the Vecernji List NewspaperFrom Vecernji List daily newspaper for Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina “Medjugorje is again in the center of attention, church and public as well. Though the visit of Cardinal Shonborn is private, it did not leave anybody indifferent because he is the member of Congregation for Doctrine of Faith. We talked to Cardinal while he was visiting Medjugorje. Added November 28, 2009 / Category: Medjugorje in the Catholic Church Cardinal Puljic on Medjugorje: God Blesses Prayer -- Sarajevo Archbishop Notes Hope for Vatican CommissionROME, NOV. 23, 2009 (Zenit.org).- The president of the Bosnian episcopal conference has been in Rome, but not to discuss the controversy surrounding Medjugorje, as some reports have contended. Instead, Cardinal Vinko Puljic participated last week in the plenary assembly of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, which focused on St. Paul and the "new areopagi." The cardinal did talk to ZENIT about Medjugorje, affirming that the reports of apparitions there and the consequent popularity of the site for pilgrimages is a matter dealt with by the bishop of Mostar, Ratko Peric, and the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. "As an episcopal conference, we await suggestions and proposals on how to proceed, and I believe the Holy See wants to carry on in this way," he added. Added March 2, 2009 / Category: Medjugorje in the Catholic Church, Shepherds of Church, Interviews “Medjugorje is a place of grace, and the fruits - the many conversions - are a proof for it” -- (Mons. Giovanni Battista Pichierri)Bruno Volpe spoke with Mons. Giovanni Battista Pichierri, Bishop of Trani, in Puglia, who declared, “I think that the prudent position of the Church on the topic is just and legitimate. The visionaries continue to speak, therefore, it is necessary to wait. But if the faithful are coming in such a great numbers, there must be a positive reason for it”. Added February 14, 2009 / Category: Testimonies, Shepherds of Church The secret is the intimacy with Jesus and Mary!During the year 2008, Fr. Juan-Carlos LISA spent ten months in Medjugorje. Shortly before going back to Argentina, he gave his testimony for Radio MIR Medjugorje and for Glasnik mira. Added July 2, 2008 / Category: Medjugorje in the Catholic Church / Author: Mark Miravalle Is Medjugorje Real? -- Facts and First-hand AccountsThe reported apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Bosnia-Herzegovina (former Yugoslavia) have attracted the attention of the world and approximately 30 million pilgrims. Since June 24, 1981, six children began to report daily visits from the "Queen of Peace" and several of the "visionaries" continue to report receiving a daily apparition from the Mother of Jesus over 25 years later. Is Medjugorje real? Are these authentic apparitions of the Virgin Mary? What is the official position of the Catholic Church about their authenticity? Could these simply be the fraudulent deception of hysteric children (now adults) for reasons of attention and personal gain? Added March 29, 2008 / Category: Medjugorje News, Medjugorje in the Catholic Church „Medjugorje does not come within our competence“, says Cardinal PuljićIn the Vecernji list of March 21, 2008, Ivan Tolj published an interview with Cardinal Vinko Puljić, Archbishop of Sarajevo. Question: the recently published interview with the Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Secretary of the Holy See, that the case Medjugorje should be re-examined, inspired various speculations. Has the Bishop’s Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina discussed this matter, and is it true that Medjugorje shall be officially examined once again? Cardinal Puljic’s answer: „Our BC has not discussed this matter, because the phenomenon of Medjugorje does not come within our competence. At the moment when the Holy See takes the decision and gives a task, we shall think about what to do. This is why it is not necessary to speculate, unless concrete instructions come. After the work of the Commission, the BC has already decided to accompany the phenomenon pastorally. This is nothing new, but the implementation of the first decision of the BC about the phenomenon Medjugorje.” Added May 22, 2007 / Category: Interviews, Shepherds of Church Interview: Mons. Bernardo Cazzaro, Archbishop Emerito di Puerto Montt (Chile)Mons. Bernardo Cazzaro, Servant of Mary, Archbishop Emeritus of Puerto Montt (Chile) spent the major part of his life as a missionary in Chile. At the end of its active episcopal service, he returned to Italy in order to help as a spiritual councillor and confessor in the Marian shrine Monte Berico. In May 2007, during a pilgrimage to Medjugorje with a group from Vittorio Veneto, in an interview with Lidija Paris he expressed his impressions on Medjugorje. Added April 10, 2007 / Category: Testimonies, Medjugorje in the Catholic Church Testimony of Bishop Denis CroteauI think what has struck my people is the piety and devotion of the people here, the faith, the testimonies we have received. We have seen people at prayer, people that believe, people that live their Christian experience of faith and love. They are on fire. It's beautiful. I couldn't ask for anything more. I've tried all kinds of things in my diocese to transform the people- because we live in a dysfunctional society and I've spent thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars with sessions and workshops, and I haven't accomplished, spending all that kind of money, 10% of what has been accomplished here with one pilgrimage! So you've got someone here who will really push, not officially, but push! Added February 19, 2007 / Category: Shepherds of Church, Medjugorje in the Catholic Church, Testimonies Medjugorje, a Gift from GodSoon after the apparitions of the Queen of Peace began at Medjugorje, it came to the attention of the public that the Diocesan and Franciscan priests of the Mostar diocese did not agree on all issues. This quarrel had in fact broken out over one hundred years beforehand, and sadly, still continues today. At a local level, this discrepancy would not have been intensified had Mostar not been an area of intersecting cultures, faiths and civilizations. At a world-wide level, it wouldn't have been so controversial had Our Lady not appeared in one of it's parishes! Undoubtedly this argument affects the stance of the local Church and the Church in the whole of Croatia as regards Our Lady's apparitions. It is important to mention here that in the initial months of the apparitions the local Bishop, Pavao Zanic believed in the authenticity of Our Lady's apparitions and due to reasons, known only to himself, he altered his stance. Wishing to protect Episcopal comradeship, the bishops of the Church of Croatia have refrained from making public statements. Many other Church dignitaries have followed their example. However there have also been some significant exceptions. | | |||
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