2012

May 17:
Mary seen in the sun at apparition time

A former Italian bank manager says he saw the Virgin Mary in a sun spectacle in Medjugorje on April 27. Wearing a blue cloak, the Virgin stood forth in the sun just about the time the daily apparition begins, Luciano Giglioni testifies. Group of other Italian pilgrims also saw the sun wonder.  Full story

May 12:
Motorway to Croatia in place by 2014

In 20 months a motorway will tie Medjugorje to Croatia. With border crossing also in place, pilgrims coming in through Split and Dubrovnik will have an easier travel. Until then a difficult job with bridges, viaducts and a tunnel must be completed within a deadline the entrepreneur calls short.  Full story

May 9:
Both legs of sculpture now shed liquid

With liquid dripping from one knee, the bronze sculpture of the Risen Christ has been a mystery in Medjugorje since 2001. While the nature of the liquid is itself mysterious, the mystery as such has just increased, for these days the unknown substance flows from both legs of the sculpture.  Full story

May 8:
Pilgrims bring new record to airport

April was the best month for Mostar International Airport since the end of the war in Bosnia and Hercegovina in 1995. With more than 9,000 passengers, most of them pilgrims, the airport saw an increase of 318 percent compared to last April, and the positive trend continues in May.  Full story

May 7:
Seers unite in sweeping Italy for Mary

When Jakov Colo gives witness in Italy later this month, all the six Medjugorje visionaries will have done so within the last six months. This weekend Ivanka Ivankovic-Elez contributed by telling her story on a stadium in the north-western part of the country on Saturday and Sunday.  Full story

May 1:
Medjugorje is busy as never before

All hotel and pansion rooms in Medjugorje were occupied last weekend, and pilgrims who came without a booking ended up sleeping in their car. I have lived here all my life, seen most big events throughout the years, and I can honestly say I never saw Medjugorje this busy, local guide tells.  Full story

April 29:
Mostar Airport breaks traffic record

2,200 passengers landing in one day meant an all-time record was set in Mostar Airport on April 28. Italian pilgrims to Medjugorje took up the majority of seats in the 11 incoming airplanes that filled airport workers with joy and strengthened their belief in a bright future for the airport.  Full story

April 28:
Mirjana: Christianity is not about bans

Many young people are afraid to follow Jesus because they think it will keep them away from all the fun. But it is only what hurts you that is forbidden, visionary Mirjana Dragicevic-Soldo tells 5,000 people near Ancona. People came from all over central Italy to hear her.  Full story

April 26:
Marija: Keep kids close to have them pray

Passing on the Virgin Mary’s message to Radio Maria on April 25 led visionary Marija Pavlovic-Lunetti to reflect on teaching prayer to children. She recounted how she had done with her own, and gave other practical advice on how to make the most of May, the Virgin Mary’s month.  Full story

April 25:
Ivan: Media push youth into blindness

Media influence a downfall and push the young into a valley of blindness, visionary Ivan Dragicevic told a packed church in Ohio, USA, on April 21. Forgiveness is needed for even physical well-being, he further told a crowd that came from far away for his talk and a 10 minutes long apparition.  Full story

April 21:
Sicilians flocked for Marija’s visit

90 buses were set in from all over Sicily, and other attendees came from all parts of Italy when Medjugorje visionary Marija Pavlovic-Lunetti had a public apparition on Palermo’s football stadium on Saturday, April 21. More than 30,000 heard Marija tell them to rally around the Church.  Full story

April 19:
Vatican envoy watches Marija on Sicily

35,000 people are expected when Medjugorje visionary Marija Pavlovic-Lunetti will talk and have a public apparition on Sicily’s largest stadium on Saturday, April 21. Among the crowd will be a leading Mariologist and member of the Vatican Commission to investigate the Medjugorje events.  Full story

April 18:
Marija: Do not confess to psychologists

When the Virgin Mary invites everyone to go to confession, she means to priests, not to psychologists, visionary Marija Pavlovic-Lunetti told a packed church in Italy on Sunday. She also took the opportunity to speak against abortion and divorce which she ascribed to lack of prayer.  Full story

April 10:
Worn medal shines after Medjugorje visit

Once or twice a month Andrew Dobo from Florida used to polish his 23 years old Miraculous Medal. Now no more: After his visit to Medjugorje last Autumn the medal has been shiny as new without any cleaning. I keep expecting to see a tarnished medal but it never happens, he says.  Full story

April 8:
Medjugorje gave new track to top runner

Medjugorje set my proportions straight by a time when I was full of myself and had no time for God, says former marathon champion Alberto Salazar. His visit to Medjugorje illuminated why he was suffering, and reawakened his commitment to Christ, the top athlete tells.  Full story

April 5:
Focused Mirjana got a message of peace

VIDEO:  Mirjana Dragicevic-Soldo received her apparition on April 2 with accepting nods, but also with a few reactions of surprise. Emphasizing peace and hope in her message, the Virgin Mary stressed that true peace is heavenly, and will be recognized by those who seek peace in wrong places.  Full story

March 31:
Blogger raises doubt of online blessing

Online transmitted blessings from apparitions live streamed by MaryTV is a pure invention, an Italian blogger says, referring to a talk with visionary Ivan Dragicevic. MaryTV upholds its statement, saying that Ivan could have misunderstood, have been mistranslated or taken out of context.  Full story

March 29:
Football boss speaks up for Medjugorje

I feel peace here. I feel great here. I believe more and more that Medjugorje will change the world for the better, says Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini after two days in Medjugorje. Mancini visited Apparition Hill and Cross Mountain, met three of the visionaries and spent half an hour in prayer and conversation with Vicka.  Full story

March 27:
Marija: Fight worldliness with fasting

We have many possibilities but little willpower. The world puts us in a cage of a thousand things to do and to pray and fast just a little, visionary Marija Pavlovic-Lunetti said when she delivered the Virgin Mary’s message of March 25. She views the message as a call to truly live Lent, and fight worldliness by prayer and fasting.  Full story

March 25:
Italy may open Medjugorje consulate

As still more Italians go to Medjugorje, a member of the Italian Senate suggests State Department to build a new consulate in Mostar or in Citluk. The many Italians have been followed by more pickpockets operating out of Medjugorje, and their victims should not be forced to go to Sarajevo when the passport is gone, the Senator says.  Full story

March 19:
Marija prayed with thousands for peace

Visionary Marija Pavlovic-Lunetti had public apparitions on both days when one of Italy’s biggest Christian festivals took place in Desio on Saturday and Sunday. From Medjugorje, the seer was joined by Sister Lidija, a local nun who invoked the Virgin Mary to put an end to all wars and senseless bloodshed in the world.  Full story

March 18:
The Virgin Mary asks for mediatrix role

“I desire to be the bond between you and the Heavenly Father – your mediatrix” the Virgin Mary tells visionary Mirjana Dragicevic-Soldo. Playing into the petitions for the Pope to declare Mary “Co-Redemptrix, Mediatrix, Advocate” in a fifth and final Marian dogma, it is only the second time for 30 years of apparitions the word appears in a Medjugorje message.  Full story

March 17:
Traffic plan makes a town of Medjugorje

80 more parking spaces from the rotunda halfway to Cross Mountain shall help solve Medjugorje’s traffic problems. So shall one-way traffic from St. James’ Church to both of the mountains and back. As Medjugorje takes further steps from village into town, local community representative says nothing will be as it was.  Full story

March 11:
100,000 attended apparitions in Beirut

Multi hall in Lebanon was full when visionary Marija Pavlovic-Lunetti had public apparitions in the Middle East on March 10 and 11. Attendees report of an immensely joyful crowd of just about 50,000 people each day. Live transmissions showed a crowd with obvious belief in Christ’s Real Presence in The Blessed Sacrament.  Full story

March 10:
New routes open for Italian pilgrims

As the Medjugorje boom in Italy continues, still more airports open up for flights to nearby Mostar. In 2012 the Italian pilgrims will have quick access to Medjugorje from five airports, making for alternatives to the otherwise popular buses, and further strengthening Mostar International Airport after years of recession.  Full story

March 5:
Serious Mirjana mirrored a serious message

VIDEO:  The Virgin Mary was  “imploring”, “warning” and announcing “a time of your trial” during her apparition to visionary Mirjana Dragicevic-Soldo on March 2. The message and the rest of the apparition alike left their mark on Mirjana who only smiled a few times during the little more than five minutes long apparition.  Full story

February 24:
Cardinal updates the Pope on Medjugorje

Pope Benedict XVI has met with Cardinal Camillo Ruini to discuss the investigation of Medjugorje, a veteran Vatican reporter informs. Cardinal Ruini’s commission still has 6-7 months of work left, and while the seers have made a good impression, most Vatican observers do not expect the Commission to be openly for or against.  Full story

February 19:
Vatican Commission hears Ivan and Jakov

Medjugorje guide says the Vatican Commission has called visionaries Ivan Dragicevic and Jakov Colo to be questioned on Monday. Bosnian mediaconfirms this, adding Marija Pavlovic-Lunetti and Mirjana Dragicvevic-Soldo joined them, but Mirjana’s interpreter Miki Musa denies that Mirjana or Marija were also in Rome.  Full story

February 19:
Marija comes to Lebanon in March

Visionary Marija Pavlovic-Lunetti has public apparitions in Beirut on March 10 and 11. Marija was first announced the following weekend in both Lebanon and Italy but the problem was solved by moving the arrangement in Lebanon one week ahead. In Assisi on Saturday, the seer spoke of the need for conversion, sacrifice and prayer.  Full story

February 14:
Medjugorje Commission will finish in 2012

Later this year the Vatican Commission that investigates the events of Medjugorje will end its work and report to the Pope, says Cardinal Vinko Puljic of Sarajevo who is a member of the Commission himself. Work is still going on but we must be finished this year, the highest ranking Bosnian prelate tells during press conference.  Full story

February 5:
Ivan says root of the crisis is spiritual

The world is not in an economic, but in a spiritual recession for this is the cause of every other recession, visionary Ivan Dragicevic said on February 1 in Ann Arbor, USA. The world is spiritually sick, and can only be cured through spiritual healing in the family, the seer further said. Ivan received messages in both Chicago and Kalamazoo.  Full story

February 4:
Sun miracle followed Mirjana to Naples

When the audience left the sports hall in Naples after visionary Mirjana Dragicevic-Soldo’s apparition on February 2, a number of people saw the sun pulsate in the sky. While a video indicates the incident in Naples to have been less obvious than certain sun miracles from Medjugorje, witnesses maintain they saw a miracle.  Full story

February 2:
Headstrong mankind makes Mary sad

In message to visionary Mirjana Dragicevic-Soldo, the Virgin Mary says humanity is “deaf and blind”, that pride is ruling and prayer to The Holy Spirit lacking. The message is sad because mankind is headstrong and does not want to understand what is important in this world, Mirjana told more than 20,000 people in Naples, Italy.   Full story

February 2:
Ivan says the world is at a turning point

The apparitions in Medjugorje challenge mankind to choose between the way of God and the ways of a world at dead end, visionary Ivan Dragicevic told a full church in Kalamazoo, USA, on January 31. The Virgin Mary is with us every day, and so the decisive question is how much we are with her in prayer, the visionary added.  Full story

February 2:
Live apparition took web servers down

MaryTV’s servers collapsed when the online tv station live streamed Medjugorje visionary Ivan Dragicevic’s apparition on January 31. Transmission came and went, and message board reactions indicate the majority of viewers to have missed the apparition. MaryTV apologizes and works to strengthen their servers.  Full story

February 1:
Tight security around Mirjana in Naples

Visionary Mirjana Dragicevic-Soldo has arrived in Naples for her apparition on Thursday. Police is present in the sports hall from midnight, and security checks have tried to foresee everything. As dozens of buses arrive from all over Italy, the seer spends the night in a hotel whose name is kept secret to prevent a siege.  Full story

January 31:
15,000 wait for Mirjana in Naples

The largest sports hall in Naples has been booked for visionary Mirjana Dragicevic-Soldo who has her apparition on February 2 in southern Italy. Two years ago Mirjana filled the hall to last seat, and arrangers do not feel sure the space suffices this time. Newspaper will broadcast the apparition live on its website.  Full story

January 29:
American parishes stand in line for Ivan

As visionary Ivan Dragicevic starts his 2012 tour of 17 public appearances in 7 states before May, many more parishes have asked for a visit. New York and Minnesota both seem to make it into Ivan’s schedule for 2012, New Jersey and Connecticut could also be this year while California will be no earlier than 2013.  Full story

January 23:
New confessionals are finished in March

Work is moving ahead on Medjugorje’s 36 new outdoor confessionals. New photos from the construction site show the raw walls in red bricks to have emerged north of St. James’ Church. Taking the total number to 61, the confessionals are expected to be fully built in March, ready for the new pilgrim season.  Full story

January 20:
Ivan points to Adoration for strength

Adoration of Jesus in The Blessed Sacrament is a paramount source to keep going at a difficult time, visionary Ivan Dragicevic says in a new interview. Ivan also confirms the seers to share a number of secrets, tells his book is half finished, and calls New Orleans’s relationship to Medjugorje “important and significant”.  Full story

January 18:
Government turns down Medjugorje orphans

Mother’s Village and other orphanages close to Medjugorje are being left to themselves as federation government refuses to fund the homes and kindergartens. Medjugorje priest Fr. Svetozar Kraljevic calls the government insensitive to the needs of children, and ignorant of investing in next generation.  Full story

January 17:
Apparition to Ivan will be live streamed

Everyone can follow Medjugorje visionary Ivan Dragicevic’s apparition on January 31 when MaryTV streams live from Michigan, USA. All online viewers will be blessed as if they were physically present. Two days later, visionary Mirjana Dragicevic-Soldo’s monthly apparition will not take place in Medjugorje as usual, but in Italy.  Full story

January 17:
2011 became Medjugorje’s busiest year

In 2011, the total number of Holy Communions distributed during Mass in Medjugorje went above 2 million for the first time. The number of concelebrations by priests was likewise record-high in passing 40,000, also for the first time. The current Medjugorje boom in Italy accounts for some, though not all of the growth.  Full story

January 12:
Marija takes the apparitions to Assisi

Medjugorje’s close historical ties to the Franciscans are being made manifest on February 18 when visionary Marija Pavlovic-Lunetti will have her daily apparition in Assisi where the Order was founded. Eight days later, Marija will have another public apparition closer to her north Italian home.  Full story

January 5:
Bishop defends forerunner on Medjugorje

Bishop Ratko Peric of Mostar breaks a self-imposed silence on Medjugorje for the third time saying that his predecessor did not collaborate with the ruling Communists in repressing Medjugorje. Bishop Peric does not addresses all points raised, and cites a lost case as the onset of Zanic’s disbelief in the apparitions.  Full story

January 3:
Mirjana had another joyful apparition

VIDEO: Like during her apparition in December, visionary Mirjana Dragicevic-Soldo had many joyful moments during her apparition on January 2 in Medjugorje. In a rare production, the video of Mirjana’s apparition closely follows the visionary before, during and after the encounter with the Virgin Mary.  Full story

January 1:
Thin Vicka asks pilgrims for prayers

While visionary Vicka Ivankovic-Mijatovic enjoys excellent spiritual health, her physical shape could be better, and on the last day of 2011 she asked pilgrims to remember her in their prayers. The evening before, a few thousand gathered for an outdoor apparition to Ivan Dragicevic, despite heavy rain and mudslides.  Full story