Church Militant issued another news story about Medjugorje recently and this time they did get some of the story correct about positive news regarding official status of Medjugorje. They write:<\/p>\n
\u201cToday, dioceses and other institutions can organize official pilgrimages,\u201d Polish Abp. Henryk Hoser, papal envoy to Medjugorje, said last week to\u00a0Aleteia.\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s no longer a problem.\u201d\u00a0Now Hoser is backtracking, admitting that the situation is more nuanced.\u00a0\u201cIt is true what I said, although perhaps it was a little exaggerated in tone,\u201d Hoser conceded in\u00a0comments to\u00a0Il Giornale\u00a0Sunday, \u201cbut it is absolutely authentic that pilgrimages of prayer can be organized in Medjugorje without any problem, provided they are spiritual and do not concern the apparitions of Our Lady to the seers.\u201d<\/p>\n
But then Church Militant tipped their biased hands again by getting the facts wrong on the\u00a0 Vatican\u2019s investigation into Mejdugorje.They write:<\/p>\n
The Ruini Report issued earlier this year issued an\u00a0overwhelmingly negative judgment regarding the authenticity of the vast bulk of so-called apparitions. Only the first seven were deemed authentic by 13 of the 14-member commission, while the rest received zero votes in favor of authenticity.<\/p>\n
\u201cOverwhelmingly negative judgement on the vast bulk of the \u201cso called apparitions?\u201d\u00a0 Let me tell you that is fake news.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s look at the facts. First the Commission voted to recognize the first early apparitions as \u201csupernatural in nature\u201d This is an incredibly important fact. The apparitions origins are \u201cAUTHENTIC\u201d and Church Militant has a blind eye to this very important fact.<\/p>\n
Now let\u2019s look at what Church Militant considers \u201can overwhelmingly negative\u00a0 judgement\u201d about the ongoing apparitions.<\/p>\n
The facts:about the ongoing apparitions at Medjugorje from Vatican Insider:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cOn this point, 3 members and 3 experts say there are positive outcomes, 4 members and 3 experts say they are mixed, with a majority of positive, effects and the remaining 3 experts claim there are mixed positive and negative effects. If, in addition to the spiritual fruits, the behaviors of the seers is also taken into account, eight members and four experts believe that an opinion cannot be expressed, while two other members have voted against the supernatural nature of the phenomenon. \u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a little confusing but the truth is 3 members and 3 experts voted on a positive outcome\u00a0 on the ongoing apparitions ..That\u2019s 6 votes in favor.\u00a0 Then 4 members and and three experts voted \u201ca mixed with a MAJORITY POSITIVE effects ..That\u2019s another 7 members voting mixed to positive. That\u2019s 13 members saying positive things about the ongoing apparitions.\u00a0 Only TWO members\u00a0voted\u00a0against the supernatural nature of the phenomenon.. Two members.<\/p>\n
The conclusions from the experts was they are simply not ready to express an opinion on the ongoing apparition but most members viewed the events in a positive manner.<\/p>\n
Despite this fact Church Militant breathlessly writes: \u201cThe Ruini Report issued earlier this year issued an\u00a0overwhelmingly negative judgment regarding the authenticity of the vast bulk of so-called apparitions. \u201d<\/p>\n
THIS IS SIMPLY FAKE NEWS<\/p>\n
Another important fact that Church Militant refuses to acknowledge is that no fraud or hoax as been attached to Medjugorje.\u00a0 Church Militant has insinuated for years that fraud and money is at the root of the Medjugorje events.\u00a0 Church Militant has been wrong and irresponsible on making these accusations.<\/p>\n
Below are the names of the experts and commission members of the Ruini Commission.<\/p>\n
From 17 March 2010 to 17 January 2014, a commission chaired by Ruini was set up for the will of Benedict XVI. In addition to the former chairman of the CEI, Cardinals Jozef Tomko, Vinko Pulji\u0107, Josip Bozani\u0107, Juli\u00e1n Herranz and Angelo Amato took part. The psychologist Tony Anatrella, the theologians Pierangelo Sequeri, Franjo Topi\u0107, Mih\u00e1ly Szentm\u00e1rtoni and Nela Ga\u0161par, the Mariologist Salvatore Perrella, the anthropologist Achim Sch\u00fctz, the canonist David Jaeger, the speaker of the causes of the saints Zdzis\u0142aw J\u00f3zef Kijas, the psychologist Mijo Niki\u0107 and the official of the Doctrine of the Faith Krzysztof Nykiel. Their task was to \u201ccollect and examine all the material\u201d about Medjugorje and to present \u201ca detailed report\u201d followed by a vote on the \u201csupernatural nature or not\u201d of the apparitions as well as the most appropriate \u201cpastoral solutions\u201d. The committee met 17 times and screened all documents filed in the Vatican, the parish of Medjugorje and the archives of the secret services of the former Yugoslavia. The commission heard all the seers and witnesses involved, and in April 2012, they carried out an inspection in the village of Herzegovina.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Church Militant issued another news story about Medjugorje recently and this time they did get some of the story correct about positive news regarding official status of Medjugorje. They write: \u201cToday, dioceses and other institutions can organize official pilgrimages,\u201d Polish Abp. Henryk Hoser, papal envoy to Medjugorje, said last week to\u00a0Aleteia.\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s no longer a problem.\u201d\u00a0Now […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2537,"featured_media":2889,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-medjugorje"],"yoast_head":"\n