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August 30, 2018

Church urges human rights improvements as Bosnia-Herzegovina elections near

Forensic experts exhume bodies from a mass grave in Kozluk, Bosnia, in this Dec. 15, 2015, file photo.
WARSAW, Poland – The Catholic Church in Bosnia-Herzegovina has urged the country to improve human rights and political representation after upcoming elections, 23 years after the country was divided by a bloody war.
Published in International
May 17, 2017

Commission reportedly voted to recognize first seven Medjugorje visions

A statue of Mary is seen outside St. James Church in Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, in this Feb. 26, 2011. A Vatican commission has reportedly voted overwhelmingly in favour of recognizing the first seven appearances of Mary in 1981 as supernatural.

VATICAN CITY – The commission that now-retired Pope Benedict XVI established to study the alleged apparitions of Mary at Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, reportedly voted overwhelmingly to recognize as supernatural the first seven appearances of Mary in 1981.

Published in International
March 25, 2017

'Apparition Hill' documentary is about far more than Medjugorje

A night view from Apparition Hill in Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzgovina.

OTTAWA – The documentary Apparition Hill, returning to select theatres from March 25 to April 8, is a powerful movie about pilgrimage and spiritual transformation.

Published in Movie News
February 28, 2017

Local bishop says again Mary is not appearing in Medjugorje

A statue of Mary is seen outside St. James Church in Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, in this Feb. 26, 2011, file photo. The local bishop says again that the Virgin Mary has not appeared in Medjugorje.

VATICAN CITY – "The Virgin Mary has not appeared in Medjugorje," said Bishop Ratko Peric of Mostar-Duvno, the diocese in Bosnia-Herzegovina, which includes Medjugorje.

Published in International