Statue of Mary near the site of the alleged apparitions in Medjugorje. (Photo: Draceane/Wikimedia Commons) Italians, French, Poles, but also Lebanese, Irish, and South Americans. Pilgrims from all ...

Pilgrims gather in 2006 for an International Youth Festival outside the Church of St. James in Medjugorje. (Photo: Piotr Frydecki/Wikimedia Commons) Every Marian apparition places the Catholic ...

The Vatican Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has officially endorsed the “spiritual fruits” that have been cultivated ...

DEVOTION arising from alleged Marian apparitions at Medjugorje has been approved by Pope Francis, without a ruling on whether they are of supernatural origin. The town in Bosnia-Herzegovina has become ...

Catholic believers pray at the site where the Virgin Mary is believed to have appeared in an apparition as they celebrate the Assumption of Mary on August 15, 2020, at Medjugorje, Bosnia and ...

With some prudence, Catholics can benefit spiritually from the messages and spiritual practices associated with the alleged apparitions of Mary in Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, said the Vatican ...

From the messages at Medjugorje to be accepted as "edifying texts" that can instill a "beautiful spiritual experience," even if there is "no certainty that they are from Our Lady;" to the "great ...

(Video shot by Silvia Stellacci, Almir Alic) Pilgrims recited their prayers next to the statue of the Virgin Mary inside the St. James Church in Medjugorje, Bosnia, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo ...

This photograph shows a statue depicting Virgin Mary, on the square, in front of St. Jacob church in Southern-Bosnian town of Medjugorje. The Vatican announced its recognition of the shrine of ...