Tominellay:
I take cbismo to stand for Catholic Bishop of Mostar…I am of Croatian descent.
That makes two of us that are of Croatian descent, and I spent 2.5 years there from Nov 1980 to Feb 1983. Medjugorje broke out while I was there.
In light of all the calumny, detraction, and mud flinginf at Bishop Peric and his now deceased predecessor, Bishop Zanic, I could no longer entertain the possibility of our Blessed Mother’s involvement because she would never condone such behavior. It shows a complete lack of God’s grace when seers disobey and speak out against the local Bishop.
I do believe this is the true website of the diocese of Mostar-Duvno. The email address cited for him is the same I used when communicating back and forth with him back in June as the Medjugorje deal began to unravel for me. We exchanged several emails, and he asked me to please read his speech at Maynooth in 2004 and strongly encouraged me to read the Michael Davies book, Medjugorje - Twenty One Years Later.
Michael Davies has updated this book to the sixth edition and it is available in its entirety - all 217 pages - online!!! He passed away before it went to print and his family/friends are working to get it published. Until then, they are making it available free, online. The Davies site also includes an english version of the speech at Maynooth Ireland, 2004, along with one other statement he sent in an attachment to me.
People who cling to Medjugorje have no idea how the Holy See approves and disapproves of apparitions. The Bishop has stated that he does not believe anything supernatural is occuring there and a 34 member Bishops conference supported that. His predecessor explicitly forbid public “visions” back in 1994, yet the “seers” continue to see. They have created an undignified circus version of “Gospa on Demand” purportedly seeing the BVM at will, any time, any place in the world - on demand.
I highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to see full length, uncut versions of letters, documents and tape recorded transcripts to discern for themselves. If one removes all commentary by Davies, the book remains about 2/3 full with documents from the Vatican and Diocese, from the Franciscan Order of the priests supporting the “seers” (many of whom have been defrocked or sidelined due to disobedience and other less than virtuous activities). The book also shows people how the Medjugorje websites and supporters are misleading people by omitting a sentence or paragraph here in there, or by only selectively sharing information that is favorable. He gives several examples, so none are needed here by me. I’ll let you read the book.
mdaviesonmedj.com/