More than 40 million pilgrims from around the world have flocked to the small village named Medjugorje since 1981.

The Vatican on Thursday gave that “nihil obstat” to Medjugorje. The local bishop issued the decree authorizing devotion there ...

COMMENTARY: ‘The Nihil obstat indicates that the faithful can receive a positive encouragement for their Christian life ...

Beth Racine had just come out of church after confession in Medjugorje and was leaning against a wall when something caught ...

The head of the Vatican’s doctrine office will hold a press conference Thursday about the “spiritual experience” at the ...

Many positive fruits have been noted in the midst of a spiritual experience, while negative and dangerous effects have not ...

In June 1981, six children aged 10 to 16 claimed that the Virgin Mary appeared to them on a hilltop near the town.

The Vatican issued a long-awaited note on the alleged apparitions at Medjugorje, in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It did not say the apparitions were authentic but acknowledged spiritual fruit.

Pope Francis initially appeared skeptical. The apparitions of the Madonna of Medjugorje, which continue to occur at scheduled ...

Two simple words to certify history. Nihil Obstat. Nothing Hinders. It took 43 years of fierce disputes and back-and-forth ...

While the Vatican did not confirm that the Marian apparitions were real, it recognized that the devotion of the faithful to ...