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“Medjugorje is a light shinning into the darkness of the world,
so people can find their way to the light once again.”
(excerpt from media interview
with special Pope Francis envoy to Medjugorje, Archbishop Henryk Hoser, in
2017.)
Archbishop Henryk Hoser
Appointed to Medjugorje Indefinitely
By Michael K. Jones
Background Information
Vatican City announced on February 11, 2017, Pope Francis was sending a bishop to Medjugorje to gain "deeper knowledge" of the pastoral needs of millions of Catholics drawn there by reports of the apparitions of the Virgin Mary.
Vatican spokesman Greg Burke said Polish Bishop Henryk Hoser's mission did not involve deciding the merits of the reported apparitions to six children who are now grown with families and still see the Virgin Mary. Burke said, Bishop Hoser will study "the needs of the faithful who go there on pilgrimage, and his mission, is to wrap up by summer's end, having "exclusively pastoral character."
Today the first several Medjugorje apparitions are widely accepted as believable, meaning “Supernatural in Nature.” This belief is noted in the investigative report of "The 4th Medjugorje Commission" aka “The Independent Commission” (2010 – 2014), conducted under the direction of Cardinal Camill Ruini.
Archbishop Hoser was born in 1942. He was appointed Archbishop in 2005 by Pope John Paul II (1920 – 2005) He was again appointed on May 24, 2008 by Pope Benedict as head of the Dioceses of Warszawa-Praga in Poland. He is retired (Emeritus) from the Diocese of Warszawa-Praga.
Read Related Background Articles By Medjugorje USA
Original Appointment of Bishop Hoser to Medjugorje by Pope Francis. (February 11, 2017)
Medjugorje Conference Transcripts of Bishop Hoser’s Appointment. (April 5, 2017)
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