In June 1981, a group of six young people in Medjugorje, a town in what is now Bosnia and Herzegovina, claimed to have experienced a vision of the Virgin Mary, the Associated Press reported.. In ...

In June 1981, six children between the ages of 10 and 16 claimed that the Virgin Mary had appeared to them on a stony hilltop near the village of Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith issued a note today after a long investigation into the alleged apparitions that began in 1981 in the Bosnia and Herzegovina town. Nothing is said about ...

The Vatican has issued a cautious ruling allowing the faithful to benefit from the spiritual phenomena reported at Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.. Cardinal Víctor Fernández, prefect of the ...

The Vatican Weighs In on Virgin Mary Apparitions at Medjugorje In June 1981, six children aged 10 to 16 claimed that the Virgin Mary appeared to them on a hilltop near the town. Catholic believers ...

There have been many beautiful things written about Pope Francis’ legacy in the last few weeks. Various experts have, quite ...

A funeral Mass and burial will be held on July 19, 2024, in Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Additionally, a memorial Mass will be held on Aug. 10 at 10 a.m. at St. James Catholic Church, ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — After 40 years of studies, commissions and contradictions, the Vatican finally approved the spiritual devotion of the faithful at the Marian site at Medjugorje, in Bosnia ...

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has approved a Catholic spiritual devotion centred in Medjugorje, a town in Bosnia and Herzegovina that has been steeped in controversy over whether the Virgin Mary ...

We have just crossed the border from Croatia into Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Medjugorje has become well known since 1981 following a purported series of apparitions of the Virgin Mary, ...