The pontiff appointed His Grace Archbishop Henryk Hoser, the retired archbishop of Warsaw-Praga, Poland, to be the apostolic visitor to Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, for an indefinite period, the Vatican announced May 31. The Polish archbishop was appointed in February 2017 as the pope’s special envoy to study the pastoral situation in Medjugorje.
As reported by CNS, the Vatican announcement said, “The mission of the apostolic visitor has the aim of assuring a stable and continuous accompaniment of the parish community of Medjugorje and of the faithful who go there in pilgrimage, whose needs require special attention.”
At a news conference following his first visit, His Grace Archbishop Hoser said that although he has no authority or expertise to discuss the authenticity of the alleged apparitions, it was clear that “there is a special spiritual climate” in Medjugorje.
Source: CNS
