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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 ...
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).
In 2021, Pope Francis sent a message that was read aloud to 50,000 pilgrims during a visit by Cardinal Robert Sarah. [5] In 2022, a replica of the church was built in Talisay City, Philippines. [6] Since the alleged Marian apparition of the Our Lady of Medjugorje in 1981, over 50,000,000 pilgrims have visited the parish. [7]
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] 4 October – At least 26 people are killed in flooding and landslides caused by heavy rains in the Jablanica area. [6] 6 October – 2024 Bosnian municipal elections
Status of Medjugorje → Status of Our Lady of Medjugorje – The current name is inaccurate; it doesn't describe the status of Medjugorje, a village, but Our Lady of Medjugorje, a religious apparition. I'm open to alternatives, but I don't think the current name is appropriate. My proposal matches the parent article Our Lady of Medjugorje.
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 .
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Vassula Rydén (January 18, 1942 – September 25, 2024) was an author, public speaker, and self-proclaimed Christian mystic [1] living in Switzerland and on the Rhodes island, Greece, who said she received messages from Jesus Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary. Her writings frequently call for people "to repent, love God, and unify the churches."