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STATEMENTS OF POPE JOHN PAUL II ABOUT MEDJUGORJE These statements are not verified by the Pope`s seal and signature but are brought to us by persons in whom we may trust. Because of this we have inserted them under the title of "Documents". 1. In a private conversation with the visionary Mirjana Soldo the Pope said: "If I were not Pope I would already be in Medjugorje confessing."(1987). 2. Mons. Maurillo Kreiger, former bishop of Florianopolis (Brazil), visited Medjugorje four times. His first visit was in 1986. He writes as follows:"In 1988, I was with eight other bishops and thirty three priests on spiritual retreat in the Vatican. The Holy Father knew that many of us were going to Medjugorje afterwards. After a private mass with the Pope, before leaving Rome, he said, without having been asked anything,"Pray for me in Medjugorje". On another occasion, I told the Pope " I am going to Medjugorje for the fourth time". He concentrated his thoughts and said, "Medjugorje, Medjugorje, it`s the spiritual heart of the world". On the same day I spoke with other Brazilian bishops and the Pope at lunch time and I asked him:"Your holiness, can I tell the visionaries that you send your blessing?" He answered:"Yes yes", and embraced me. 3. To a group of doctors, who work for the defence and protection of the life of the unborn, the Pope said on the 1st of 1989,"Yes, today the world has lost the sense of the supernatural. In Medjugorje, many seek and re-find this sense in prayer, fasting and confession." 4. On November 11, 1990, the Korean national weekly newspaper ("Catholic News") published an article by Msgr. Angelo Kim, President of the Korean Bishops' Conference: "Prior to the conclusion of the last Bishops' Synode in Rome, the Korean bishops were invited to a lunch with the Holy Father. On this occasion, Msgr. Kim addressed the Holy Father directly and said, "Father, thanks to you, Poland was able to liberate itself from Communism". To this, the Holy Father responded, "No, this is not my merit. This is the work of the Blessed Virgin Mary, as She had predicted in Fatima and in Medjugorje." 5. Archbishop Kwangju said to the Holy Father, "In the town Nadju in Korea, the Blessed Virgin is crying ..." The Pope replied, " ... There are bishops, as in Ex-Yugoslavia, who are against it ... but it is important to become conscious of the great number of people who are responding to Her call, the number of conversions... All this is emphasized in the Gospel. All these facts have to be examined seriously." The above-mentioned paper made the following statement, "This does not concern the decision of the Church. This is a comment made by our Holy Father. It can be said without exaggeration that one should not underestimate this ..." (Excerpt from: "L'Homme Nouveau", February 3, 1991) ("Naša ognjišta", XXI., 3, Tomislavgrad, 1991, p. 11) 6.The Pope said to Fr. Jozo Zovko on the 20th July 1992: "Busy yourself with Medjugorje, look after Medjugorje, don`t tire. Persevere, be strong, I am with you. Watch over, follow Medjugorje." 7.The Archbishop of Paraguay, Mons. Felipe Santiago Bentez, in November of 1994 asked of the Holy Father, the Pope if he was right to give approval to the faithful gathering in the spirit of Medjugorje, especially with the priests of Medjugorje. The Holy Father answered: "Approve all that is related to Medjugorje". 8. In the unofficial part of the meeting of Pope John Paul II with the Croatian delegation of Church and State held in Rome on the 7th of April 1995., the Holy Father amongst other things said that there was some possibility of renewing his visit to Croatia. Together with this he mentioned the possibility of arriving in Split, and from there on to the shrine of "Marija Bistrica" and Medjugorje. ("Slobodna Dalmacija", 8th of April 1995, page 3.) Vicka visits Pope John Paul II - On March 22nd, 1995 Vicka accompanied 350 wounded and crippled Croatian soldiers to Rome where the Pope gave them a private audience. She was the translator (Italian-Croatian) and the Pope immediately recognized her: Are you not Vicka from Medjugorje he asked her. Vicka then offered him a rosary saying: I guess you have many rosaries already, but this one is special as it was blessed by the Gospa during an apparition. The Pope said to her: Pray to the Madonna for me, I pray for you. He prayed over her a long time & blessed her. OUR LADY ABOUT POPE JOHN PAUL II 1. According to the testimony of the visionaries, May 13, 1982 on the occasion of the assassination attempt on the Pope, Our Lady said, "His enemies tried to kill him, but I have protected him." 2. Through the visionaries on June 26, 1982 Our Lady sends her message to the Pope, "Let him be considered as the father of all people and not just of Christians; let him tirelessly and courageously announce the message of Peace and Love among men." 3. Through Jelena Vasilj who had an internal locution September 16, 1982 Our Lady pronounced about the Pope, "God has given him permission to defeat Satan." She requests of all and especially of the Pope "to spread the message that I have received from my Son. I desire to entrust to the Pope the word with which I have come here to Medjugorje: Peace; he should spread it to all parts of the world. . .he should unite Christians by his word and his preaching. Let him mainly among youth spread the messages that he has received from the Father in prayer. God inspires him then. Taking into consideration the difficulties of the parish regarding the bishop and the commission for investigation of the events in the parish of Medjugorje, Our Lady said, "Church authority should be followed. . .however, before it pronounces its judgment it is necessary to progress spiritually. It will not pronounce its judgment hastily. It takes place as with a birth that is followed by baptism and confirmation. The Church will confirm that which is born of God. We should go and progress in the spiritual life, impelled by this messages." 4. On the occasion of the Pope's visit in
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