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Also approved on 1 August 2024 by the Vatican Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) with a "nulla osta" declaration on devotion at the Vailankanni Marian shrine, which is Asia's largest Marian shrine and is visited by 20 million faithful each year. [1] Shrine: Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health, Velankanni, Tamil Nadu, India
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).
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.
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 .
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 .
It is claimed by the visionaries of Our Lady of Medjugorje, that the Virgin gave them a vision of Zovko while in prison in October 1981. Zovko claims to have had a vision of Our Lady in April 1983. The Bishop revoked his priestly jurisdiction because of disobedience and his activity in Medjugorje, a decree soon afterward confirmed by Rome in 1989.