Vatican Perspective

Source: The Medjugorje Message (Photo source: medjugorje.zenfolio.com) The dogma of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was declared by Pope Pius XII on November 1, 1950 and states that “the Immaculate Mother of God, Mary ever Virgin, when the course of her...

RIP FR PETAR VLAŠIĆ OFM The pastor of St. James' Church in Medjugorje, Fra Petar Vlašić, OFM, died at 4:00am on Thursday, November 8th 2012, after a lengthy illness. He was 75 years old and was appointed parish priest of Medjugorje in 2007, following Fra Ivan Sesar....

Fra Marinko Šakota is the new parish priest of Medjugorje following the death of Fra Petar Vlašić on November 8th 2012. The 44 year-old Franciscan was born in nearby Čitluk and ordained in July 1996. He has served as a chaplain in Medjugorje since 2010. His...

(Source: Medjugorje Today) By Jakob Marschner on Feb 24, 2012 Pope Benedict XVI has met with Cardinal Camillo Ruini to discuss the investigation of Medjugorje, a veteran Vatican reporter informs. Cardinal Ruini's commission still has six or seven months of work left,...

Local Bishop softens up to Medjugorje [Source: Medjugorje Today] By Jakob Marschner on May 22, 2012 Though opposed to the claims of apparitions in Medjugorje, local Bishop Ratko Peric says the town can be a Jerusalem and a site of the action of The Holy Spirit. Yet in...

View Glasnik mira. 2010/01 (Source: © Informativni centar “Mir” Međugorje www.medjugorje.hr.) Spotlight on Cardinal provides ‘report' to Rome... Medjugorje ‘Commission' revealed... When asked if he had spoken about his pilgrimage to Medjugorje during his recent...

(Source: Medjugorje Today) By Jakob Marschner Jan 19, 2014 The findings of the Vatican Commission on Medjugorje make a favorable judgment an option, though in a partial form because the apparitions are ongoing. The Commission found real and significant fruits in the...

(Source: © Informativni centar “Mir” Međugorje www.medjugorje.hr.) In the Conclusion of the post-synodal apostolic exhortation ECCLESIA IN OCEANIA, given in Rome at Saint Peter's, on November 22, 2001,His Holiness Pope John Paul II invites the faithful to join him in...

Provincial of the Herzegovinian Franciscan Province and former Pastor of Medjugorje Date: September 20, 2008 Author: Dr. Fr. Ivan Sesar Published in Večernji list, 14. 09. 2008. Interview by Žarko Ivković (Source: Information Centre "Mir" Medjugorje...

In October 2005, letters between Marek and Zofia Skwarnicki and the late Holy Father John Paul II were published in Marek’s recent book: John Paul II : Greetings and Blessings – Private Letters from the Pope, published in October 2005 by Bertelsman Media, Poland. The...