Investigating Medjugorje - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World

The Vatican has said that nothing obstructs the faithful from having a devotion to Medjugorje, but hasn’t specified whether the phenomenon is of supernatural or natural origin. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine the arguments for and against and come to their own conclusions.

https://mysterious.fm/339

Further Resources:
• Wayne Weible’s book Medjugorje: The Last Apparition: https://amzn.to/3BLhN9T
• Mark Miravalle and Wayne Weible’s book Are the Medjugorje Apparitions Authentic?: https://amzn.to/4h24PVh
• John Thavis’s book The Vatican Prophecies: https://amzn.to/4h24PVh
• Sr. Lucia’s book Fatima in Lucia’s Own Words: https://amzn.to/3UlimO2
• 2024 Vatican document on Medjugorje: https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_ddf_doc_20240919_nota-esperienza-medjugorje_en.html
• Press conference announcing the Medjugorje decision: https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2024/09/19/240919i.html
• Estimating the Impact of The Hajj: Religion and Tolerance in Islam’s Global Gathering: https://academic.oup.com/qje/article/124/3/1133/1905120
• James Paul Pandarakalam’s article “Are the Apparitions of Medjugorje Real?”: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/251164965_Are_the_Apparitions_of_Medjugorje_Real
• Learning Styles Debunked: https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/releases/learning-styles-debunked-there-is-no-evidence-supporting-auditory-and-visual-learning-psychologists-say.html
• Condemnation of the Frances Klug apparitions: https://www.miraclehunter.com/marian_apparitions/statements/stjosephshillofhope19810315.pdf
• Rosaries “Turning to Gold”: https://medjugorje.com/rosaries-turning-gold
• Info and videos about Jean-Louis Martin’s test of Vicka: https://www.marcocorvaglia.com/en/medjugorje/una-prova-pratica
• Dr. Giorgio Gagliardi on the ecstasies: https://www.marcocorvaglia.com/risorse-utili/sulle-estasi-sincronizzate-mentivan
• Catherine of Genoa’s Treatise on Purgatory: https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/treatise-on-purgatory-9820
• Tomislav Vlasic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomislav_Vla%C5%A1i%C4%87
• Bishop Ratko Peric’s document on Medjugorje: https://md-tm.biskupija-mostar.ba/clanci/medugorje-secrets-messages-vocations-prayers-confessions-commissions