VATICAN CITY, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Pope Francis has approved a Catholic spiritual devotion centred in Medjugorje, a town in Bosnia that has been steeped in controversy over whether the Virgin Mary ...

The Vatican on Thursday issued a statement acknowledging that spiritual "fruits" had come from the site of controversial purported apparitions of the Virgin Mary — while also stopping short of saying ...

Pilgrims pray around a statue of Mary on Apparition Hill in Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, in this 2011 file photo. (Credit: Paul Haring/CNS.) Listen ROME – On Friday Argentine Cardinal Víctor Manuel ...

Ending a 15-year probe into the Marian apparitions reported at Medjugorje, the Church said it recognised the 'abundant spiritual fruits' coming from pilgrimages to the shrine – but was not declaring ...

In June 1981, six children aged 10 to 16 claimed that the Virgin Mary appeared to them on a hilltop near the town. Catholic believers pray at the site where the Virgin Mary is believed to have ...

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 ...

A group of Ukrainian youth have made a pilgrimage to Medjugorje, asking Mary to bring peace as Russia doubles down on its 11-year war in Ukraine and brutally targets civilians. "This was a drop of ...

Pilgrims walk around a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary near the church of St. James in Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, around 75 miles south of the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo on Sunday, June 25 ...

For over 42 years now, in the quiet rural village of Medjugorje in Bosnia, Hercegovina, our Most Holy Mother Mary has been appearing daily since June 24, 1981, originally to six youths, and later by ...

World-famous Medjugoje visionary Marija Lunetti, who says she has been seeing daily apparitions of the Virgin Mary since she was 16 in 1981, is planning a return to the site of her outdoor visions in ...