
Medjugorje Decision Will Take ‘Months,’ Says Vatican Spokesman
Warning against feeding the current rumors, Father Federico Lombardi told the Register that a ruling is not likely before the Vatican’s summer break.
Warning against feeding the current rumors, Father Federico Lombardi told the Register that a ruling is not likely before the Vatican’s summer break.
The Holy Father said in his June 7 Angelus address, ‘Whoever is nourished by the Bread of Christ cannot remain indifferent to those who do not have bread.’
NEWS ANALYSIS: Twenty years after an expedient deal, the Holy Father makes a day trip to an ethnically, culturally and religiously diverse country.
Catholic Croats make up a significant part of the ethnically diverse population of Bosnia-Herzegovina, which Pope Francis will visit June 6.
Interreligious dialogue slated as key theme of day trip to central-European country that is still recovering from a devastating three-year war in the 1990s.
The Holy Father's audiences range from meetings with Bosnia’s presidency and authorities to its bishops, priests, religious and seminarians.
Papal spokesman Father Federico Lombardi told the Register Feb. 2 that this June’s planned trip to nearby Sarajevo ‘has no connection’ to Medjugorje.
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