religious site of 'miracles' in bosnia
Medjugorje
A Vatican commission set up by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010 to study the Medjugorje question was reported on 18 January 2014 to have completed its work , the results of which it would communicate to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith . Headed by Cardinal Camillo Ruini , Pope Francis commented the report as `` very , very good '' on 13 May 2017 when speaking to journalists . According to Italian media , the Ruini report divided the investigation into three main parts : the early apparitions from 24 June 1981 to 3 July 1981 , the acclaimed apparitions thereafter , and the pastoral situation . The commission expressed positive findings in favor of recognizing the supernatural nature of the first appearances , and rejected the hypothesis of a demonic origin of the apparitions . Yet , the commission expressed that an opinion can not be reached towards the acclaimed apparitions thereafter , despite majority of the commission recognized the positive spiritual fruits that Medjugorje has brought to pilgrims , including Pope Francis who commented the pastoral situation in Medjugorje : `` The third , the core of the Ruini report , the spiritual fact , the pastoral fact . People go there and convert . People who encounter God , change their lives ... but this ... there is no magic wand there . And this spiritual and pastoral fact ca n't be ignored . ''
A Vatican commission set up by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010 to study the Medjugorje question was reported on 18 January 2014 to have completed its work , the results of which it would communicate to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith . Headed by Cardinal Camillo Ruini , Pope Francis commented the report as `` very , very good '' on 13 May 2017 when speaking to journalists . According to Italian media , the Ruini report divided the investigation into three main parts : the early apparitions from 24 June 1981 to 3 July 1981 , the acclaimed apparitions thereafter , and the pastoral situation . The commission expressed positive findings in favor of recognizing the supernatural nature of the first appearances , and rejected the hypothesis of a demonic origin of the apparitions . Yet , the commission expressed that an opinion can not be reached towards the acclaimed apparitions thereafter , despite majority of the commission recognized the positive spiritual fruits that Medjugorje has brought to pilgrims , including Pope Francis who commented the pastoral situation in Medjugorje : `` The third , the core of the Ruini report , the spiritual fact , the pastoral fact . People go there and convert . People who encounter God , change their lives ... but this ... there is no magic wand there . And this spiritual and pastoral fact ca n't be ignored . ''