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