Medjugorje after Twenty-One Years

1981-2002

 The Definitive History

 

By Michael Davies

 

 

 

 

About the Author:

 

Michael Davies, who was born in 1936, was brought up in Somerset, although of Welsh descent, and served as a regular soldier in the Somerset Light Infantry during the Malayan emergency, the Suez Crisis, and the EOKA campaign in Cyprus. He then taught in Catholic schools for thirty years until retiring in 1992 to take up writing full time. He has contributed articles to Catholic journals throughout the English-speaking world, and is the author of seventeen full length books and several dozen pamphlets relating to the Catholic Faith, some of them have been translated into a number of languages. His recent biographies of St. John Fisher and Cardinal Newman have been widely praised throughout the English-speaking world. Cranmer's Godly Order, his account of the Reformation in England is now in its sixth edition. He makes regular visits to Rome for discussions with members of the Curia, including a number of prominent cardinals, and has lectured throughout the world in countries as far afield as the Philippines, India, and Nigeria.

 

CONTENTS

 

Foreword....................................................................................

 

List of Principal Croatian Persona.........................................

 

The Six “Seers”........................................................................

 

24 June 1981—The First Apparitions...................................


 

The Charismatic Connection.................................................

 

A Preposterous Proliferation...............................................

 

Credibility of the Messages.................................................

 

Secrets....................................................................................

 

The Sign................................................................................

 

The Position of Monsignor Zanic......................................

 

An Immoral Priest Defended............................................

 

Fraud on Film....................................................................


The Herzegovina question.......................................................

 

25 March 1985

A Letter From Msgr. Zanic to Father Tomislav Pervan......

 

23 February 1987

1987 Communiqué of the Yugoslav Bishops.........................

Concerning the Facts of Medjugorje

 

25 July 1987

Declaration of the Bishop of  Mostar

Concerning Medjugorje - 25 July 1987

 

20 January 1988

Letter to Mrs. Marija Davies from the

Bishop of Mostar 20 January 1988...............................................

 

11 July 1988

Marija Pavlovic Contradicts Herself

 

31 March 1989

Visions in Alabama?

 

May 1990

The Truth about Medjugorje

A Statement by Msgr. Pavao Zanic,

 Bishop of Mostar-Duvno, published in May 1990.

 

13 June 1990

The Irish Bishops’ Conference Statement

 

1991

Alleged Miracles at Medjugorje

 

The Medjugorje Industry

 

May-June 1993

Sacrificial Giving

 

1993

Millions Are Deluded

 

24 July 1993

A New Bishop of Mostar

 

October 1993

An Interview with the Bishop of Mostar (Excerpts)

 

10-11 September 1994

The Pope Visits Croatia

 

11 October 1994

Synod Intervention by Msgr. Ratko Peric

 

17 June 1995

The Film Gospa

 

31 August 1995

A Warning concerning the film Gospa-The Wanderer.

 

23 March 1996

CDF Letter to Bishop  Taverdet

 

16 June 1996

The Ban on Pilgrimages Reaffirmed

 

4 December 1996

The Circulation of Alleged Private Revelations

 

25 January 1997

Medjugorje: the State of the Question in 1997

 

12-13 April 1997

Medjugorje in the Light of the Pope's Visit to Sarajevo

 

13 April 1997

The Pope, Medjugorje and the Provincial

of the Herzegovina Franciscans

 

22 June 1997

What Kind of "Fruits" are These?

 

November 1997

Medjugorje Incredibilities

 

11 November 1997

The "Confirmation" in Capljina

 and the "Charisma" of Medjugorje

 

26 December 1997

The Grievous Fate of the Truth

 

19 March 1998

Laurentin Visits Monsignor Peric

 

22 March 1998

Laurentin Writes to Monsignor Peric

 

23 March 1998

The Franciscan Rebellion in Herzegovina—Rome Acts

 

24 March 1998

A Letter from Monsignor Ratko Peric to the Abbé René

Laurentin, dated  24 March 1998.  Protocol Number: 265/98

 

26 May 1998

Beautiful Gift or Pathetic Delusion?

 

21 July 1998

Private Visits to Unauthentic Apparitions

 

15 September 1998

An Unexpected Endorsement for Monsignor Peric

 

16 November 1998

Implementing Romanis Pontificibus

 

 21 November 1998

Dismissal of Three Franciscans from the Order of Friars Minor

 

14 December 1998

Further Implementation of the Decree Romanis Pontificibus

Communiqué

 

January 1999

With Truth Against Lies Concerning the Parish of Capljina

 

20 February 1999

The Franciscan Rebellion in Herzegovina - Rome Acts

 

11 January 2000

Death of Monsignor Zanic

 

7 January 2000

The Position of the French Episcopal Conference Regarding

Medjugorje

                                   

24 January 2000

Newsweek Report  “Visions of th