Bosnian authorities investigate desecration and fire damage at Medjugorje Virgin Mary shrine
Police said 2 statues were defaced and an outdoor altar was set ablaze as the shrine prepared for a youth festival drawing 50,000 to 60,000 people.
- On Tuesday, authorities in Bosnia investigated the desecration of a Virgin Mary statue and a shrine damaged by fire overnight in Medjugorje, a popular destination for Roman Catholic pilgrims.
- Two years ago, the Vatican gave the green light for Catholics to continue flocking to Medjugorje, offering approval for devotion at one of the most contested sites of Roman Catholic practice.
- Pictures from the site showed the statue of Our Lady had her face and hands painted black, with an inscription in English on the pedestal reading "Devil in a skirt".
- Vandals also displayed a banner on a fence listing the names of seers with a message in Polish asserting: "They are fraudsters, I have proof".
- The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith ruled positive "spiritual fruits" justify pilgrimages, though officials stopped short of declaring the reported apparitions authentic while flagging concerns about message contradictions.
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The man suspected of being involved in setting the fire to the outdoor altar behind the Church of St. James in Medjugorje was arrested in the Ljubuški area on Tuesday, Bljesak.info has learned. “A person who is linked to the commission of criminal acts in the area of Medjugorje was arrested in the area of […] The post Suspect arrested for Vandalism in Medjugorje appeared first on Sarajevo Times.
The man suspected by the police of desecrating statues of Mary and setting fire to the outside altar of the Church of St. James in Medjugorje is, according to media reports in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 31-year-old Pole Bartłomiej Włodzimierz Krakowiak. The police of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton confirmed the arrest of the 31-year-old Polish citizen, but his identity has not yet been officially revealed. According to the Klix portal, he was arres…
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The Bosnian police have reported the arrest of a person suspected of vandalizing the popular Marian Catholic shrine of Medjugorje and of having caused a fire in his church, an act that has caused dismay. Continue reading...
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A world-famous Christian shrine in Bosnia has been burnt and daubed with the words "devil in a skirt" in a grim act of vandalism. On Tuesday, police arrested a man in connection with the arson and desecration of the Shrine of Our Lady in Medjugorje, according to Vatican News. Bosnian authorities have yet to disclose the identity of the suspect in custody as they continue to try and establish a motive for the act.The suspect is also being probed …
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