Medjugorje: How do I defend the official Church teaching?

[Catherine_Grant]

I had a thread closed down simply for asking if it was traditional for apparitions of Our Lady to bless objects, as has been claimed in Medjugorje. I was told that we weren’t to discuss it at all.

I wonder why this one’s been able to go on for so long…

Out of respect for the Bishop of Mostar and his request to not further discuss or promote the alleged apparitions of Medjugorje, this board has included it in the Banned Topics list since June, 2006. Before that time, it was included on the list because of its status as a private revelation without approval from the church, so discussion was limited to the church’s stance on the alleged apparitions. Bishop Ratko Perić has since clarified the church’s stance, which the Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls supported and defended. Therefore, there is nothing further to discuss specific to Medjugorje that cannot already by located through a search of the boards.

As for why this thread lasted approximately 10 hours on the boards, the problem is that I have not been able to perfect bilocation yet, but hope to work on that saintly skill soon. The best way to inform the moderation staff of violations of the forum rules is through the use of the little red triangle in the corner of each post which generates a Bad Post Report, calling the thread or post to my attention as soon as possible.