Pope Francis has approved a Catholic spiritual devotion centred in Medjugorje, a town in Bosnia that has been steeped in controversy over whether the Virgin Mary appears to local people, the ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis has approved a Catholic spiritual devotion centred in Medjugorje, a town in Bosnia that has been steeped in controversy over whether the Virgin Mary appears to ...

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, holds aloft the book “Medjugorje: The Complete Collection of Messages from the Queen of Peace” at a ...

Pope Francis allows devotion to Medjugorje. Story by KUB • 11h (ANSA) - ROME, SEP 19 - The Vatican on Thursday approved the spiritual devotion centred in Medjugorie, Bosnia, ...

On May 12, 2019, Pope Francis authorized the organization of pilgrimages to Medjugorje, but the Vatican stated that care must be taken “to prevent these pilgrimages from being interpreted as an ...

On Sept. 19, the Vatican officially recognized Medjugorje as a place of pilgrimage and popular piety, stopping short of confirming the supernatural origin of the apparitions. The next day, Pope ...

Since May 2019, Pope Francis has officially authorized the organization of pilgrimages to Medjugorje while cautioning that such pilgrimages should avoid “creating confusion or ambiguity under ...

Despite the pope’s doubt, the devotion to “The Queen of Peace” in Medjugorje is undeniable. Estimates count over 1 million pilgrims a year, and 3 million before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pope Francis has granted assent for devotions linked to Medjugorje without making a declaration on the supernatural character of the alleged apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Bosnia-Herzegovina ...

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 ...

Pope Francis has approved a Catholic spiritual devotion centred in Medjugorje, a town in Bosnia that has been steeped in controversy over whether the Virgin Mary appears to local people, the ...