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From Petrus: Cardinal Saraiva is also a skeptic on Medjugorje
Parent Category: Apparition Category: Interesting Skeptics...| From Petrus: Cardinal Saraiva is also a skeptic on Medjugorje The Italian Catholic website Petrus has published an interview with the former prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, José Cardinal Saraiva Martins. Cardinal Saraiva has joined in the public debate about the alleged apparitions at Medjugorje in Herzegovina by expressing his own skeptical take on the phenomenon. Here's a translation of the interview. Corrections to the translation are welcome. Cardinal Saraiva, also, is a skeptic about the apparitions at Medjugorje: "The last word is up to the Holy See, but this has nothing to do with Fatima: it could be a trick of the devil" by Gianluca Barile |
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Politicizing the Virgin Mary: The Instance of the Madonna of Medjugorje
Parent Category: Apparition Category: Interesting Skeptics...Politicizing the Virgin Mary: The Instance of the Madonna of Medjugorje
Source: Raymond A. Eve , Skeptical Inquirer Magazine Volume 26.6, November / December 2002
Apparently individual experiences of the paranormal can, on some occasions, be shown to arise largely out of the broadest social forces, including even those that result in cross-national warfare.
We live in days of all too obvious tension and occasional outright slaughter between specific Christian nations and certain Muslim ones. With this in mind, we can point to an instructive example of how a similar conflict that has occurred on a somewhat smaller geographical scale can be used to demonstrate that paranormal beliefs sometimes arise from a symbolic conflict between differing religious and ethnic groups. We can further demonstrate how such paranormal beliefs frequently both derive from and add to tensions associated with outright warfare and attempts at ethnic cleansings. To substantiate these claims I examine the case of the widely claimed apparitional appearances of the Virgin Mary in the former Yugoslavia.
Mariologist Hauke on Medjugorje: Don't let the devotees fall into the void
Parent Category: Apparition Category: Interesting Skeptics...| Mariologist Hauke on Medjugorje: Don't let the devotees fall into the void Translated from the German-language Catholic newspaper Die Tagespost. The Medjugorje phenomenon and the discernment of spirits: a conversation with dogmatic theologian Manfred Hauke |
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Medjugorje and The Maciel Effect
Parent Category: Apparition Category: Interesting Skeptics...Medjugorje and The Maciel Effect
Many adherents of the alleged apparitions at Medjugorje to whom I have spoken personally have invoked the (also alleged) fondness and support of Pope John Paul II for it. "The Pope was in favor of Medjugorje," they reason, "and given what a good and holy pontiff he was, it's highly unlikely that Medjugorje could be anything other than an authentic Marian apparition. And, conversely, it's an even stronger reason for believing in Medjugorje."
