Topic - Medjugorje

southwest of Mostar and close to the border of Croatia. The town is part of the municipality of Čitluk. Since 1981, it has become a popular site of Catholic pilgrimage due to reports of alleged apparitions of the Virgin Mary to six local Catholics. - Source: Wikipedia

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Pilgrims recited their prayers next to the statue of the Virgin Mary inside the St. James Church in Medjugorje, Bosnia, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)

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FILE - In this Saturday, June 24, 2006 file photo, pilgrims pray around a statue of the Virgin Mary during afternoon prayer service in front of the St James' Church at Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, some 120 kilometers (75 miles) south of the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo. Pope Francis says pilgrimages can be organized to a Bosnian shrine where the Virgin Mary is reported to have appeared, but the Vatican is stressing that no decision has yet been taken on whether the apparitions in Medjugorje are authentic (AP Photo/Amel Emric, File)

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