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A statue of Mary is seen outside St. James Church in Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, in this Feb. 26, 2011, file photo. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
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Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
"The commission held as credible the first apparitions," he said. "Afterward, things became a little more complicated."
The sun sets behind a statue of Mary on Apparition Hill in Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, in this 2011 file photo. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
FaithNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
The commission 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.
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America Video
Pope Francis dismisses reports of continuing apparitions of the Virgin Mary at the Medjugorje shrine in southern Bosnia. He says the visions "don't have much value" even if the shrine can help Catholics find God.
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The Editors
Updates on Pope Francis’ trip to Fatima as well as the canonization of Jacinta and Francisco Marto.
Pilgrims arrive at the Marian shrine of Fatima May 10 in central Portugal (CNS photo/Paulo Cunha, EPA).
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
One million pilgrims are expected to join Pope Francis in Fatima on May 12 to 13 for the centenary celebration of the apparitions of Our Lady to three Portuguese shepherd children.
Portuguese shepherd children Lucia dos Santos, center, and her cousins, Jacinta and Francisco Marto, are seen in a file photo taken around the time of the 1917 apparitions of Mary at Fatima. (CNS photo/EPA)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
On Saturday Pope Francis will canonize two of the children who saw the Marian apparitions in 1917.