According to Vittorio Messori, the Holy See’s “tormenting dilemma” concerning Medjugorje consists in the “unacceptable” choice between two possibilities: – Commission — the 4th one — ends up ruling against the position of the local Ordinary; the result is a catastrophe with an opened issue of pastoral authority while the victims are the humiliated local bishops (Mgrs Pavao Zanic† and […]
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Diane has drawn my attention on an interview conducted by Alessandra Stoppa with Vittorio Messori published in the Italian Rivista internazionale di communione e liberazione and partly translated into English in Medjugorje Today. I thank her for that reference which I would like to comment openly. Your insights are welcome after you take a look at […]
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[The following text is a comment posted yesterday to NCR-Jimmy Akin’s blog] What has been written and how it has been expressed in the present thread and in a second one is so illustrative of the Medjugorje controversy that it inspires me to write a post in the near future on my own blog […]
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