This statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary is on Apparition Hill, overlooking the village of Medjugorje, a town in Bosnia-Herzegovina. | Credit: Adam Jan Figel/Shutterstock ...

In Medjugorje, the Blessed Virgin Mary, known also as our Lady of Medjugorje, has been appearing to six children, now adults, since June 24, 1981.

The Vatican approval comes 43 years after the Virgin Mary is said to have first appeared to six children, known as “visionaries,” in a small village named Medjugorje in war-torn Bosnia ...

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 ...

In June 1981, six children between the ages of 10 and 16 claimed that the Virgin Mary had appeared to them on a stony hilltop near the village of Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

VATICAN CITY (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 appears to ...

The Vatican announced its recognition of the shrine of Medjugorje in Bosnia-Herzegovina, without commenting on the Virgin's presumed messages to the faithful, who have been gathering there by the ...

Catholic pilgrims gather to pray near the statue of Virgin Mary in the Bosnian village of Medjugorje. AFP via Getty Images. David Murgia, an author and journalist who has written two books about ...

This statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary is on Apparition Hill, overlooking the village of Medjugorje. (photo: Adam Jan Figel/Shutterstock) Joseph Pronechen World September 18, 2024 ...

Francis had previously expressed doubt about the alleged phenomenon. Referencing messages said to have been given by the Virgin Mary to local townspeople, he told reporters in 2017 that he did not ...