The NAPA Institute held its seventh annual conference in California last week. The conference featured a number of theologians, politicians, and clergy, including Archbishops Charles Chaput and Jose Gomez.
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.
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.