{"id":6864,"date":"2006-07-04T08:35:52","date_gmt":"2006-07-04T08:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/07\/medjugorje-divisive.html"},"modified":"2006-07-04T08:35:52","modified_gmt":"2006-07-04T08:35:52","slug":"medjugorje-divisive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/07\/medjugorje-divisive.html","title":{"rendered":"Medjugorje divisive?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The local bishop warns and accuses:<\/a><\/p>\n

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Bishop Peric reminded his people of the restrictions that he has imposed on activities in Medjugorje. The parish church is not formally a "shrine," he said, and should not be characterized as such. Pilgrimages to the church are discouraged. Priests there are "not authorized to express their private views contrary to the official position of the Church on the so-called ‘apparitions’ and ‘messages,’ during celebrations of the sacraments, nor during other common acts of piety, nor in the Catholic media." <\/p>\n

The bishops urged the "seers" of Medjugorje to "demonstrate ecclesiastical obedience and to cease with these public manifestations and messages in this parish." <\/p>\n

Some of the Franciscan priests assigned to the Medjugorje parish, he said, have been expelled from their order because of their refusal to accept Church authority. "They have not only been illegally active in these parishes, but they have also administered the sacraments profanely, while others invalidly," he said. As Bishop of Mostar-Duvno, he said, he felt obliged to warn the faithful "who invalidly confess their sins to these priests and participate in sacrilegious liturgies." <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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