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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 ...
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 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]
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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 Medjugorje. When the visions began on June 24, 1981, he was suspicious at first, of the Marian apparitions, but soon became a fierce supporter. [3] The Madonna allegedly appeared to him as ...
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]
Crowd of young people from around the world at the Medjugorje Festival. 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 ...
[1] [2] [3] Povratak otpisanih continues the storyline from the first part, following the underground group of Belgrade resistance fighters led by Tihi (Voja Brajović) and Prle (Dragan Nikolić). It was first broadcast on 1 January 1978. Like its predecessor Otpisani, it had 13 episodes that were subsequently remastered into a feature film.