The Vatican issued a long-awaited note on the alleged apparitions at Medjugorje, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a popular pilgrimage site for the faithful since the 1980s. Fox News Media Fox Business ...

In a detailed analysis after nearly 15 years of study, the Vatican’s doctrine office didn’t declare that the reported apparitions in Medjugorje were authentic or of supernatural origin.

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VATICAN CITY (RNS) — After 40 years of studies, commissions and contradictions, the Vatican finally approved the spiritual devotion of the faithful at the Marian site at Medjugorje, in Bosnia ...

Pilgrims recited their prayers next to the statue of the Virgin Mary inside the St. James Church in Medjugorje, Bosnia, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024.

Thursday’s announcement of formal Vatican approval for the Medjugorje apparitions brings to a close one of the Catholic Church’s most longstanding recent debates.

The Vatican Press Office informed that at Thursday’s press conference on Medjugorje, which will take place at 11:30 a.m. local time, Fernández will be joined by Monsignor Armando Matteo, who ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican on Thursday gave the green light for Catholics to continue flocking to a southern Bosnian village where children reported seeing visions of the Virgin Mary, ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican on Thursday gave the green light for Catholics to continue flocking to a southern Bosnian village where children reported seeing visions of the Virgin Mary, ...

Yet the Vatican expressed no concern about the economic interests behind Medjugorje, and the Holy See’s editorial director, Andrea Tornielli, cited by name one Milan-based religious travel ...