Medjugorie: Pope Francis is "suspicious“

@Dr Stuart Reiss
It is very interesting you brought up the subject of Medjugorie AKA Megaforgie and people that base their spirituality or even conversion on it. A short story I have is this. Years ago I was attending a Catholic University "Ave Maria U" in its first year in Florida. I was in the Pre Theologate studying to get a BA in Philosophy so I could enter the Seminary. I was in the program with other men wanting to be priests and we all lived together. There was this one young man who told us about his whole family converting to the faith because they visited Medjugorie. I then told him in front of everyone that I thought Medjugorie was a sham and that his conversion was probably due to all the prayer there and not because the virgin was visiting there everyday to give the same message "to pray harder". I then told a joke that goes "On day the virgin Mary told her husband St. Joseph that she wanted to go on vacation. St. Joseph said where would you like to go my beloved, that is when The Virgin said somewhere we have never gone ' Medjugorie'". Well this young man stood up cursed me and took off out of the room. Unfortunately, he was my roommate and I did not see this coming at all. I was only trying to be truthful but make light of the situation. After that I had stuff of mine stolen, and mysteriously broken. The worsed of everything was when he used the bathroom he left the used toilet Paper on the floor next to the toilet. I had to pick up his cr^p! I eventually moved out of the room because of this insane behavior. The lesson here is people that believe in Medjugorie are not having true spiritual experiences but emotional ones. They are going there wanting to see something or feel something. They make themselves think they are having a spiritual experience. Any graces that they are getting is from the prayer there, not from being around the Virgin because she isn't there! Another lesson I learned is when someone talks about Medjugorie in a good light its a cue to me that they most likely are more liberal in their faith and/or have emotional issues. God have mercy on the church, and may this phony story of Medjugorie be put down soon!!!!

I never have believed in Medjugorie, I believe it is a total sham! These "seers" have done a lot of harm in the church! The Catholic Church should move quickly on this and declare it to be a hoax! On a different note why did the Pope say "I personally am more evil"?!!! This is not a wise thing for a Pontif to be saying. We are to be holy as Our Heavenly Father is in Heaven. The Pope is supposed to be like Christ here on earth. Christ would have NEVER said that. This Pope needs much prayers. God have Mercy!

Full text of the pope:

Question: In Fatima we have seen a great testimony of popular faith, the same one seen in Medjugorje. What do you think about the apparitions and the religious fervor they have aroused, since you decided to appoint a bishop delegate for the pastoral aspects?
All apparitions or alleged apparitions belong to the private sphere, they are not part of the ordinary public magisterium. For Medjugorje Benedict XVI instituted a commission presided over by Cardinal Ruini. I received the result, was composed of good theologians, bishops and cardinals. The commission’s relationship is very, very good. There were some doubts in the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and the dicastery considered it appropriate to send all the documentation, including opinions contrary to the Ruini relationship, to each of the members of the IV Fair (the monthly meeting of the Congregation). I received the notification on a Saturday, already late. I did not think it was right: it was like “auctioning off” the Ruini relationship, which is very well done. On Sunday morning, the Prefect of the Doctrine of the Faith received a letter in which I ask you to send to IV Fair those opinions against, to send them to me personally. These opinions were studied, all (underline: all). The relation Ruini affirms that it is necessary to distinguish the first apparitions, when the visionaries were small and says that it is necessary to continue investigating those. Regarding the presumed present appearances, the relationship presents its doubts. I personally am more evil, I prefer the Virgin Mother than the Virgin who becomes in charge of a telegraph office and sends a message every day. And these alleged appearances are not so valuable: I follow this as personal opinion. There are those who think that the Virgin says: “Come, on such a day, at such an hour, I am going to give a message to that seer.” Then, third point, is the spiritual and pastoral fact, the knot of the relationship: people who become, who find God, who changes their lives. And this not thanks to a magic wand. This fact can not be denied. Now, to see this, I appointed a good bishop (Monsignor Hoser, ndr.), Who has experience to deal with the pastoral part. At the end something will be said.