No Judgment about Medjugorje

Josip Cardinal Bozanic

Function: Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia

Title: Cardinal Priest of St. Jerome of the Croatians

Birthdate: Mar 20, 1949	Country: Croatia

Elevated: Oct 21, 2003	More information: www.catholic-hierarchy.org

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No Judgment about Medjugorje
Oct 16, 2004
On Thursday, February 12, 2004, during an encounter with students of a Secondary School in Zagreb, Cardinal Josip Bozanic, archbishop of Zagreb, answered the question about the position of the Church on Medjugorje

(Slobodna Dalmacija, 13.02.2004) The Church says that what we are called to, is to believe the Sacred Scripture. The Church, however, also recognizes the possibility of the so-called private revelations, but the faithful are not obliged to believe in them. Medjugorje can be considered under this aspect.

The Cardinal reminded that, in the beginning of the 90's, the Bishops concluded in Zadar that, on the basis of their investigations, they cannot speak about the supernaturality of Medjugorje, but neither have they denied it.

Still today, we do not wish to give our judgment, because we do not have sufficient argument although we do not deny people the right to pray there or to go on pilgrimage. We desire that, what is given there, be a true catholic doctrine, but for Masses not to be linked to the alleged apparitions.

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