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Our Lady of Medjugorje (Croatian: Međugorska Gospa), also called Queen of Peace (Croatian: Kraljica mira) and Mother of the Redeemer (Croatian: Majka Otkupitelja), is the title given to the visions of Mary, the mother of Jesus, said to have begun in 1981 to six Herzegovinian Croat children in Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina (at the time in SFR Yugoslavia).
On September 19 2024, Vatican City, with the blessing of Pope Francis, granted Medjugorje the status of 'Nulla Osta' (Nihil Obstat). This means that they encourage the departure of believers and church pilgrimages to Medjugorje, but do not enter into the question of alleged Marian apparitions, and warn believers not to go to Medjugorje for ...
As the Medjugorje events had exceeded the scope of a local event, in January 1987, upon the suggestion of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Cardinal Kuharić and Bishop Žanić made a joint communiqué in which they announced the formation of a third Commission under the direction of the Bishops Conference. The bishops would both ...
radio-medjugorje.com Radio Station "Mir" Međugorje ( Croatian : Radiopostaja "Mir" Međugorje ) is a Catholic radio station from Međugorje , Bosnia and Herzegovina . It is broadcast from several FM transmitters in its home country and Croatia .
The Saint James Church is a Catholic parish church located in the village of Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The church was consecrated in 1969 and is a national monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The church is under the patronage of James the Great and is run by the Franciscan order of Bosnia.
Serbia succeeded the convention on 11 September 2001, following the breakup of Yugoslavia. [3] As of 2024, there are five sites in Serbia on the list and eleven on the tentative list. The first site in Serbia to be added to the list was Stari Ras and Sopoćani, inscribed at the 3rd UNESCO session in 1979. [4]
This is a list of fortifications in Serbia. The list includes remains (ruins) of military constructions; fortresses ( tvrđave ), castles ( zamci ), towers ( kule ), etc. There are over 30 preserved forts in Serbia, and more than hundreds of sites with remains of old fortifications.
22 August – At least 11 people are killed after a boat carrying migrants capsizes in the Drina River near Bratunac, along the border with Serbia. [4] 19 September – The Vatican recognises Medjugorje as a Catholic shrine, but stops short of recognising the apparitions associated with the Our Lady of Medjugorje. [5]