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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 ...
On 7 December 2017, it was reported that Archbishop Hoser, Pope Francis' envoy to Medjugorje, announced that official pilgrimages are allowed, stating, "dioceses and other institutions can organize official pilgrimages." [1] This pilgrimage was officially authorized by the Holy See in May 2019. [2]
The original church's construction was completed in 1897, 5 years after the founding of the parish by Bishop Paškal Buconjić. [2] The building was considered luxurious for the time, but was built on unstable foundations and cracks began to appear. Following the end of World War I, the parishioners formed a project to build a new church. [3]
He was ordained a priest, as a member of the Herzegovinian Franciscan Province, on 3 April 1965. [2] He started taking courses in religious education in 1974 at the University of Gratz. After these studies, he moved to Posušje and became the parish priest. [1] In November 1980, Zovko was appointed parish priest of the St. James Church in ...
Gospa (Croatian for "Madonna" or "Our Lady") is a 1995 religious drama starring Martin Sheen and Morgan Fairchild about pilgrimages to a small Herzegovinian village of Međugorje where six school children say the Virgin Mary appeared in 1981.
Medjugorje International Youth Festival, also known as Mladifest (lit. "Youthfest"), is an annual festival of Catholic youth organized in Medjugorje , Bosnia and Herzegovina , between 1 and 6 August, to mark the birthday of Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus on 5 August, as claimed by the alleged seers of the presumed local Marian apparitions .
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 .