Even Medjugorje has ended up in the sights of the Camorra in search of profits. This was stated in a homily in which the topic is the struggle between good and evil, by the envoy of Pa-
pa Francis in the holy city of Bosnia, the Polish archbishop Henrik Hoser: all during a mass celebrated in the chapel of the Chopin airport in Warsaw. The news appears in the blog of the journalist David Murgia, who in turn reported a report by the Polish Catholic weekly Niedziela and Radio EM. According to what has been reported, the prelate declared that "another place where there is an increasingly fierce struggle between good and evil is Medjugorje. On the one hand, there are thousands of young people who use the sacrament of penance and reconciliation. On the other hand, we must also be aware that this place is penetrated by the mafia, including those of Naples, which counts on the profits that come from the large influx of faithful who arrive in the area".
Monsignor Hoser is said to have pronounced these words in his homily shortly before leaving for Medjugorje where he will be permanently sent on behalf of the Pope. Hoser's words were reported by many Polish newspapers and have begun to circulate on Italian websites, also outraging groups of Neapolitan faithful who complain of having been dragged into the matter with a prejudice linked to the illegal Neapolitan presence. The Pope has appointed Hoser, Archbishop Emeritus of Warsaw-Prague in Poland, apostolic visitor of a special nature.
for the parish of Medjugorje, for an indefinite period and ad nutum Sanctae Sedis, that is, at the disposal of the Holy See, last May 31. Pope Francis has never made a secret of not believing in a Madonna who “works as a postman and delivers messages at a certain pre-established time”. And the appointment – which took place only a month ago – of the Polish bishop as “apostolic visitor for an indefinite period” is aimed precisely at normalizing the phenomenon of pilgrimages that have grown exponentially: it is estimated that at least one and a half million people each year head from all over the world to this town in Bosnia and Herzegovina which, in the XNUMXs, was just a very poor village. Today it is a lively center full of hotels, real estate businesses, restaurants, hostels, churches, monasteries that have sprung up around the large sanctuary in which repeat masses, confirmations, confessions and communions are celebrated.
The bishop of Mostar Ratko Peric – under whose jurisdiction Medjugorje was until yesterday – has always been opposed to recognizing any credibility, even contesting the findings of the commission established by Benedict XVI.
Moreover, the investigations of the Santa Maria Capua Vetere prosecutor's office, which is investigating the abuses and mistreatments of which the young exorcist priest from Casapesenna, Don Michele Barone, is accused, are also focused on alleged business deals linked to pilgrimages to Medjugorie. The magistrates are targeting hundreds of pilgrimages certainly aided by contacts with the visionaries of Medjugorie.
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