{"id":2683,"date":"2017-05-17T15:16:50","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T20:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/mysticpost\/?p=2683"},"modified":"2017-05-17T15:21:15","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T20:21:15","slug":"church-militant-michael-voris-more-fake-news-medjugorje-rejects-vatican-commissions-finding-authenticity-early-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mysticpost\/2017\/05\/17\/church-militant-michael-voris-more-fake-news-medjugorje-rejects-vatican-commissions-finding-authenticity-early-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Church Militant, Michael Voris Publishing More Fake News on Medjugorje – Rejects Vatican Commission’s Finding of Authenticity of Early Events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Today I reached out to\u00a0Christine Niles,\u00a0Executive Producer, News for \u00a0ChurchMilitant.com asking her if Church Militant \u00a0would comment on news reports that the Vatican commission to investigate Medjugorje voted overwhelmingly to designate the first seven apparitions at Medjugorje as \u201csupernatural\u201d in nature. Major Catholic Media have been actively reporting the startling findings of the Ruini commission.<\/h4>\n

I reached out to Church Militant because they are an influential voice for many \u00a0Catholics and they have also been one of the most vocal critics of Medjugorje particularly here in America.<\/p>\n

Church Militant eagerly reported Pope Francis\u2019s negative comments the Holy See \u00a0made on his plane returning from Fatima. On the plane Pope Francis expressed his doubts about the apparitions making references that the Virgin Mary does not run a \u201cPost Office\u201d who sends messages when and wherever she \u00a0pleases.<\/p>\n

But after confronting Ms Niles \u00a0about the positive comments made by the special Vatican commission, she said she rejected the report\u2019s positive findings and did not much care what the Vatican had to say because Medjugorje was false. \u00a0Keep in mind Ms. Niles is the \u201cNews Director\u201d for Church Militant. \u00a0 She offered her personal views on the matter saying:<\/p>\n

There are too many doctrinal, spiritual and moral problems with Medjugorje for me ever to accept that it\u2019s Our Lady.\u00a0All the Franciscans who served as spiritual advisors have been expelled from the diocese for disobedience. One of them who served as spiritual director was defrocked for sexual misconduct, and now runs a New Age center \u2014 which he admitted he\u2019d been a part of since 2002, when he was still spiritual director to the seers.The disobedience, the sexual misconduct, the lives of the seers, the banality and doctrinal problems with the messages, the thousands upon thousands upon thousands of so-called messages \u2014 none of this rings true at all to common sense.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I tried to stress to Ms. Niles that all these matters were taken into account by the Ruini Commission yet they concluded that the early apparitions were \u201cauthentic\u201d and indeed supernatural in nature. I also pointed out that the commission did not rule that \u00a0ongoing \u201capparitions\u201d were not supernatural. They just expressed doubts. \u00a0Nothing negative has been said of the Visionaries. In fact they have been recognized by the commission as people of normal and good character.<\/p>\n

Ms. Niles\u2019 views towards the visionaries are in direct conflict with the Medjugorje commission\u2019s own findings. The commission members interviewed the visionaries and spent five years investigating everything, yet Ms. Niles dismisses the report and clings to her own views, bias views which seem to have been simply constructed from old cliches that have circulated around the internet for years.<\/p>\n

I requested that Mystic Post and Church Militant talk about Medjugorje \u00a0in dept because it is an important subject for millions of people around the world.<\/p>\n

Ms. Niles\u2019 response: \u201cWe\u2019re not (Church Militant) interested in continuing any discussion on Medjugorje.\u201d<\/p>\n

Church Militant may not want to discuss Medjugorje but clearly they are happy to share their negative views on the matter.<\/p>\n

Mr. Voris, if you would like to have a serious discussion about Medjugorje please contact Mystic Post.<\/p>\n

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Today I reached out to\u00a0Christine Niles,\u00a0Executive Producer, News for \u00a0ChurchMilitant.com asking her if Church Militant \u00a0would comment on news reports that the Vatican commission to investigate Medjugorje voted overwhelmingly to designate the first seven apparitions at Medjugorje as \u201csupernatural\u201d in nature. Major Catholic Media have been actively reporting the startling findings of the Ruini commission. 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