Vatican City: A laicized priest who had been the spiritual director to six people who said they experienced visions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Bosnian town of Medjugorje has been excommunicated. Tomislav Vlasic, who had been a Franciscan priest until he was laicized in 2009, was excommunicated JulyContinue Reading
Official pilgrimages to Medjugorje are now permitted, the Polish archbishop in charge of assessing the pastoral situation at the shrine has said. Archbishop Henryk Hoser of Warsaw-Praga, who was sent to Medjugorje by Pope Francis, told Aleteia: “The devotion of Medjugorje is allowed. It’s not prohibited, and need not be doneContinue Reading
Vatican City: Asked by journalists about the alleged appearance of the Virgin Mary at Medjugorje, Pope Francis said the original apparitions more than three decades ago deserve further study, but voiced doubt in the supposed ongoing visions. He stressed the need to distinguish between the two sets of apparitions, referencingContinue Reading
