While the investigations into the very first alleged apparitions at Medjugorje must continue, Pope Francis has said he has doubts about claims that Mary continues to appear in the village in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Asked on May 13 about the authenticity of the Marian apparitions, which reportedly began in 1981, the Pope referred to the findings of a commission chaired by Cardinal Camillo Ruini, the retired papal vicar of Rome.
"The report has its doubts, but personally, I am a little worse," the Pope told reporters travelling with him from Fatima in Portugal (full text). "I prefer Our Lady as mother, our mother, and not Our Lady as head of the post office who sends a message at a stated time."
