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Medjugorje Spiritual Director Excommunicated...
IGNORE OTHER APPARITIONS
"My child and My children, I want to tell you also at this time: You are not to concern yourself with other words and writings of apparitions in various places. I can tell you, My children, unfortunately there are those who are caught up in the excitement of the times and My appearance at your site. However, you cannot become involved, My child or My children, with any of these apparitions. It is best to ignore them."
- The Bayside Prophecies
Our Lady of the Roses, March 18, 1989
TO CONFUSE YOU
"My child, you must not concern yourself with other places of apparitions. I assure you, you will have all you can handle with your own mission, My child. You must recognize satan's devious ways he will set to confuse you by having you involved in chasing other situations, My child, that will cause you to become involved in unnecessary pursuits."
– The Bayside Prophecies
Our Lady of the Roses, May 14, 1977
ChurchMilitant.com reported on October 27, 2020:
After years of defying the Church, a former spiritual director to the alleged visionaries at Medjugorje has been excommunicated.
The diocese of Brescia, Italy made the announcement in a press release on Oct. 23: "The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith formally communicated to the bishop of Brescia that on July 15, 2020, the congregation issued a declarative decree regarding Mr. Tomislav Vlasic. The decree declared that Mr. Vlasic incurred the penalty of excommunication."
As a Franciscan priest, Vlasic had previously served as spiritual advisor to the seers in the 1980s, until he was embroiled in a sexual scandal, fathering a child with a nun. He left Medjugorje to found the Queen of Peace community in Parma.
He later admitted on a video that he had been a member since 2002 of a movement called "The Central Nucleus," which combines Catholic teaching with astrology and New Age mysticism.
In 2008, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith launched an investigation into Vlasic, after his bishop suspended him "for the diffusion of dubious doctrine, manipulation of consciences, suspicious mysticism, disobedience toward legitimately issued orders," as well as charges of sexual misconduct. The investigation resulted in his laicization in 2009 by Pope Benedict.
The Oct. 23 diocesan statement noted:
[T]hroughout these years, in the Diocese of Brescia and in other places, he continued to carry out the activity of an apostolate with individuals and groups, both at conferences and through the media; he continued to call himself a religious and priest of the Catholic Church, simulating the celebration of sacraments, which were not valid; he continued to cause serious scandal among the faithful, committing acts gravely detrimental to ecclesial communion and to obedience to church authorities.
The statement explains that the excommunication means "Mr. Vlasic is forbidden from taking part in any way as a minister of the celebration of the Eucharist or any other ceremony of public worship, of celebrating sacraments or sacramentals, of receiving the sacraments or exercising any kind of church office, ministry or function."
The diocese goes on to request that Vlasic be expelled from any public worship or Church events.
Doubtful Authenticity
The Medjugorje phenomenon has been wracked by scandal and marked by continual disobedience to the local bishops by the Franciscans at the heart of the community.
In 1999, the Franciscans were expelled from the diocese of Mostar-Duvno by their bishop, Ratko Peric, as well as by the Father General of the Order of Friars Minor, for disobedience. The Vatican approved the joint expulsion.
The alleged apparitions have been occurring like clockwork in the small Bosnian town since 1981, when a group of children claimed they were receiving heavenly messages from Our Lady. She's reportedly been appearing to them regularly ever since, giving thousands of messages (some whose contents verge on heterodox) over the course of nearly four decades. The alleged apparitions have turned the once-sleepy Bosnian village into a travel destination for millions of pilgrims and tourists, launching the seers to international fame as they travel the globe on lucrative speaking tours.
At least three of the original six visionaries claim to still be receiving messages daily from Our Lady. Her appearances are so regular, in fact, that she seems to appear on command at the seers' whim.
As critics have noted, the messages include questionable doctrinal content, including the fact that "Our Lady" regularly prays the "Our Father" with the seers — something Our Lady refused to do at the Church-approved apparition of Fatima, because it includes the line "forgive us our trespasses." As the Church teaches, Mary is without sin, so she could not ask for forgiveness of her sins.
The Virgin also reportedly said, "All religions are equal before God" — espousing the heresy of indifferentism, explicitly condemned by the Church. She similarly remarked elsewhere, "It is you who are divided on this earth. The Muslims and the Orthodox, like the Catholics, are equal before my Son and before me, for you are all my children."
She is also said to have offered the very protestant remark: "I do not dispose of all graces. ... Jesus prefers that you address your petitions directly to him, rather than through an intermediary."
In 2017, after a lengthy investigation, the Vatican issued the results of its final report on Medjugorje, painting an overall negative picture. The final tally on authenticity of apparitions from 1982 onwards resulted in zero votes in favor, two votes against and 12 votes claiming no opinion could be given.
The first seven apparitions, which reportedly took place in 1981, received a generally positive response, with 13 members of the Vatican commission voting yes as to their supernatural nature, one voting no, and one vote suspended.
But the second phase — which include the 35 years from 1982 to the present day — received a strongly mixed reaction, including a final tally with zero votes in favor of the supernatural nature of the apparitions.
DO NOT SEEK SUPERNATURAL ELSEWHERE
"I must also warn you so that you do not have any hindrance to your mission, that there will be many false prophets in the world. They can mislead many. Therefore, it would be best if you do not go about seeking the supernatural elsewhere."
- The Bayside Prophecies
Our Lady of the Roses, December 31, 1977
NOT TO BE INVOLVED WITH OTHER APPARITIONS
"There are false prophets throughout the world, many who are also coming as angels of light to deceive you in the end. Remember, My child, I ask you not to become involved with any other apparitions in the world, because sorrowfully, My children, I must tell you, many of them are not true. So you see, My child, were it not so, I would tell you; but many of them have come forward for gratification in their human natures."
– The Bayside Prophecies
Jesus, September 7, 1985
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