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When, on the 24th-25th of June 1981, Our Lady's apparitions began in the parish of Medjugorje, in the diocese of Mostar-Duvno and Trebinje- Markanj, the bishop was Pavao Zanic (1971-1993). He was succeeded by dr. Ratko Peric. Bishop Pavao Zanic His position with regard to the apparitions moved from vehement approval to vehement opposition. And so, his positions made a big contribution to the spreading of the knowledge of Our Lady's apparitions throughout the world. In the first two months of Our Lady's apparitions, the Bishop was in Medjugorje five times. Afterwards he came only to confer the sacrament of Confirmations to the faithful. He clearly said: "I am deeply convinced that no child who says that they have seen Our Lady, has been talked into doing so. If we were speaking about one child only, one might say he could be stubborn and that not even the police could make the child renounce what he said. But six innocent, simple children in the space of half an hour, would, if they were pushed, admit all. None of the priests, I guarantee, had any idea of putting the children up to something.... I am also convinced that the children are not lying. The children are only speaking out what's in their hearts... It is certain: the children are not lying". (From a sermon given on the feast of St. James, the patron saint of Medjugorje, on the 25th of July 1981). In “Glas Koncila”, the Croatian national catholic newspaper, 16th of August 1981, he stated; "It is definite that the children were not incited by anyone, and especially not by the church, to lie." At that time, the Parish Priest of Medjugorje was Fr. Jozo Zovko. Zrinko Cuvalo worked together with him in the parish. Both of them at the beginning were strongly opposed to having anything to do with the apparitions. Bishop Zanic had called on them to be more decided and to recognise Gods' deeds around them. They answered him that there was no need to hurry, but that it would be better to wait to see how it would all develop. However, the Bishop’s favourable position inspired and gave courage even to them and to just about anyone who, for whatever reason hadn't yet taken a positive stance towards the apparitions of Medjugorje. The then Yugoslav communist government didn't look very benignly on all that was happening at Medjugorje. They proclaimed it to be a counter-revolution. (4th of July 1981). The secret police called Bishop Pavao Zanic to their head-apartment in Sarajevo for examination. They also called Fr. Jozo Zovko. But the happenings took their own course. Bishop Zanic began to speak less and less about the apparitions and Fr. Zovko as Parish Priest began to believe more and more in the supernatural origins of the apparitions. Because of his favourable position towards the happenings, Fr. Jozo was arrested and sentenced to three and a half years of harsh imprisonment. (17th of August 1981). Together with him, Fr Ferdo Vlasic was imprisoned, and a little bit later Fr. Jozo Krizic. The situation had become extremely tense. It was dangerous to say anything about Medjugorje. Everybody felt this, especially as some of the people of the village, and pilgrims finished up in prison. After a period of silence, bishop Pavao Zanic actively joined in challenging what was happening in Medjugorje. He even edited two written statements directed at the whole world. "The actual (unofficial) position of the Episcopal curit of Mostar in reference to the happenings of Medjugorje", 30th of October 1984; 2. "Medjugorje, 1990. In an official memorandum of the Vatican State Secretary Office No. 150.458, on the 1st of April 1985, Cardinal Casaroli charged Croatian Cardinal Franjo Kuharic to convey to bishop Zanic that he should "suspend the airing of his own personal statements and renounce making judgements, until such time as all the elements could be conclusively gathered together, and the happenings could be clarified", because bishop Zanic's statement, "The actual position..." had had considerable reverberations in the press. Unfortunately, this request didn't have very much response with the Bishop. a) The Commission for the Examination of Events at Medjugorje For a long time, Bishop Zanic didn't think that anyone should help him in the reviewing of the events in the parish of Medjugorje. It was only when the requests were renewed on all sides that he drew up a commission of four members. Even though the commission said at the beginning that they would scrupulously apply themselves to the task, unfortunately, that didn't happen. Rarely or nearly never did they turn up at Medjugorje. The then Bishops commission of Yugoslavia desired that the matter be taken more seriously to hand. They advised Bishop Zanic to appoint a competent commission who might be able to throw some light on the events at Medjugorje. In February of 1984, Bishop Zanic expanded his commission to fourteen members. Many, however were dissatisfied, as the members of the commission were mainly those who had already declared themselves to be against the alleged events. The first sitting of the commission was held on the 23rd/24th of March 1984. In conclusion to their long awaited sitting, they issued a statement for the press in which, amongst other things they, in words, supported the suggestion of the Holy See to the Bishop, not to hurry in the bringing forth of a decision. The second time that the commission met was in October 1984. Following this, they made a similar statement to their previous one. The year 1987 saw a big change; the President for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, entrusted the examination of the events into the hands of the Yugoslavian bishops' conference. b) Declaration of the Former Bishops' Conference of Yugoslavia After three years of study the former Bishops' Conference of Yugoslavia on April 10, 1991 published their declaration in which among other things it states: "On the basis of investigations up till now it cannot be established that one is dealing with supernatural apparitions and revelations." It is not, therefore, said that there is no apparition, but only that it is not yet established. Words like these were really a compromise between the position of Bishop Zanic and the good fruits which the Medjugorje events produce. Sensing the magnitude of the Medjugorje events, the bishops decided to devote care to teaching about the Blessed Virgin Mary in the parish of Medjugorje. They obligated themselves to issue special appropriate liturgical-pastoral directives. Some bishops officially came to Medjugorje on June 17, 1991. The day before in Mostar they organized a commission for pastoral life in the parish of Medjugorje. At the head of the commission was Dr. Franjo Komarica, bishop of Banja Luka, and its members were Vinko Puljic, archbishop of Sarajevo, Slobodan Stambuk, bishop of Hvar and Paul Zanic, bishop of the Mostar-Duvno-Trebinje-Mrkanje diocese in which Medjugorje is located. The commission consisted of four more advisors. All four bishops, together with the other priests, celebrated the solemn evening pilgrims' mass. Bishop Zanic presided at the Eucharistic celebration and archbishop Vinko Puljic gave the sermon. By this fact, they confirmed Medjugorje as a place of prayer, as a shrine in which people come closer to God. The commission for pastoral life in the parish of Medjugorje decided to meet again on June 27, 1991. However, one day before, Serbia attacked Slovenia and the war broke out that put the last nails in the corpse that was called Yugoslavia. With the dissolution of the state of Yugoslavia, the Bishops Conference of Yugoslavia was also dissolved. Bishop dr. Ratko Peric Bishop dr. Ratko Peric, who at the time of Zanic's time as bishop was a professor at the Gregorian University at Rome, became Pavao Zanics' successor. In the past, he had been a great help to Pavao Zanic on the occasion of his arrival at Rome. He became Bishop in 1993 with administration over the Mostar-Duvno-Trebinje-Mrkanj diocese. He continued in the footsteps of his predecessor with regard to the apparitions at Medjugorje. Neither did he visit the parish except when he had to officially do so, on the occasion of confirmations or for some other official reason. To demonstrate the falsity of Our Lady’s apparitions at Medjugorje he usually refers to the statement of the former bishops conference of Yugoslavia. He interprets it to mean that the bishops clearly said that Our Lady is not appearing at Medjugorje. His public position is most clearly put forward in his book, "The throne of Wisdom" (Crkva na Kamenu, Mostar 1995). The title of the book is, "Criterion for prejudice towards apparitions", with a subtitle, "About Medjugorje' phenomenon". On page 266-286, he tries to show that our Lady’s apparitions are not authentic. In conclusion of the chapter, he summarises his position in 10 points. On the feast of the Most Sacred Body and Blood of Christ, June 14, 2001, Msgr. Ratko Peric, Bishop of Mostar, administered the sacrament of Confirmation to 72 candidates in the parish of St. James in Medjugorje. In his homily, he repeated that he does not believe in the supernatural character of the apparitions of Medjugorje, but he expressed his satisfaction about the way the parish priest is administering this parish. He also underlined the importance of the unity of the Catholic Church, which is manifested through the unity with the local bishop and the Pope, as well as the necessity that all the faithful of this diocese, in the power of the Holy Spirit which was given to them, be faithful to the teaching and the practice of the Holy Roman Catholic Church. After the solemn Eucharistic celebration, Msgr. Ratko Peric remained in friendly conversation with priests in the Presbytery.
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Stavovi biskupa Mostarsko-duvanjske biskupije i apostolskog upravitelja trebinjsko-mrkanskog o Međugorju Kada su 24., odnosno 25. lipnja 1981. započela Gospina ukazanja u župi Međugorje u biskupiji Mostarsko-duvanjskoj i Trebinjsko-mrkanjskoj, u koju spada župa Međugorje, biskupom je bio Pavao Žanić (1971 - 1993). Naslijedio ga je dr. Ratko Perić. Biskup Pavao Žanić Njegov stav prema Gospinim ukazanjima kretao se od vatrenog prihvaćanja do vatrenog odbijanja. Takvi njegovi stavovi imali su veliki doprinos da se glas o Gospinu ukazanju proširio po svijetu. U prva dva mjeseca Gospinih ukazanja biskup je bio pet puta u župi Međugorje. Poslije je dolazio samo zbog redovite podjele sv. potvrde vjernicima. Javno je rekao: "Duboko sam uvjeren da nitko djecu, koja kažu da su vidjeli Gospu, da nitko tu djecu nije podgovorio. Da se radi o jednom djetetu, moglo bi se reći: Ma taj ima neku tvrdu glavu, pa ne može ni policija iz njega ništa izvući. šestoro nevine, jednostavne djece kroz pola sata bi, kad bi ih netko nagovorio, kazala sve. Nitko od svećenika, ja jamčim, nije imao tu nikakve namjere niti udjela da bi tu djecu na nešto nagovorio... Također sam uvjeren: Djeca ne lažu! Djeca govore točno ono što je u njihovim srcima... Sigurno je: Djeca ne lažu". (propovijed u Međugorju prigodom blagdana sv. Jakova, zaštitnika međugorske župe, 25. srpnja 1981.) U Glasu Koncila, hrvatskim nacionalnim katoličkim novinama, 16. kolovoza 1981., izjavljuje: "Sigurno je da djeca nisu ni od koga, posebno iz Crkve, podgovorena da govore neistinu." U ovo vrijeme župnikom je u međugorskoj župi bio fra Jozo Zovko. Zajedno s njim u župi je radio fra Zrinko Čuvalo. Obojica su u početku bila žestoko protiv svega što se nazivalo ukazanjem i viđenjem Gospe. Biskup Pavao Žanić ih je pozivao biti odlučnijima i da prepoznaju Božje djelovanje na djelu. Oni su mu odvraćali da s tim ne treba žuriti, nego vidjeti kako će se sve to razvijati. Ipak, biskupov pozitivan stav djeluje tada ohrabrujuće i poticajno i na njih i na sve one koji iz bilo kojih razloga još nisu bili zauzeli pozitivan stav prema međugorskim ukazanjima. Tadašnja jugoslavenska komunistička vlast nije bila blagonaklona prema svemu onome što se događalo u Međugorju. Proglasili su to kontrarevolucijom (4. srpnja 1981.). Tajna policija poziva tada biskupa Pavla Žanića u svoj glavni stan u Sarajevu na ispitivanje, kao i fra Jozu Zovku. No, događaji su išli svojim tijekom. Biskup Pavao Žanić sve manje i manje govori o Gospinim ukazanjima, a fra Jozo Zovko, kao župnik, počinje sve više vjerovati u nadnaravnost Gospinih ukazanja. Zbog takva njegova stava fra Jozo je uhapšen 17. kolovoza 1981. i malo potom osuđen na tri i pol godine strogog zatvora. S njim je zajedno zatvoren fra Ferdo Vlašić, a nešto poslije i fra Jozo Križić. Situacija je bila krajnje napeta. Bilo je opasno javno reći koju riječ u prilog Međugorju. Osjetili su to i neki mještani i hodočasnici završivši u zatvoru. Nakon jednoga vremena šutnje, biskup Pavao Žanić se djelatno uključuje u osporavanje međugorskih događanja. Izdaje čak i dva spisa upravljena čitavom svijetu: 1. "La posizione attuale (non ufficiale) della curia vescovile di Mostar nei confronti degli eventi di Medjugorje" ("Današnji neslužbeni stav Biskupskog ordinarijata u Mostaru glede međugorskih događaja"), 30. listopada 1984.; 2. "Međugorje", 1990. Dopisom Vatikanskog državnog tajništva br. 150.458 od 1. travnja 1985. kardinal Casaroli zadužuje hrvatskog kard. Franju Kuharića da zbog javnog nastupa biskupa Žanića spisom "Posizione attuale...", koji je - kako navodi Casaroli - "imao značajan odjek u tisku", prenese biskupu Žaniću "da suspendira svaku osobnu izjavu prije nego budu prikupljeni svi elementi koji dopuštaju da se razjasne događaji i izrekne konačan sud". Nažalost, ova zamolba nije imala velikog odjeka kod biskupa. a) Komisije za ispitivanje događaja u Međugorju Biskup Pavao Žanić dugo nije smatrao da mu itko treba pomagati u ocjeni događaja u župi Međugorje. Tek na ponovljene molbe sa svih strana, u siječnju 1982. sastavio je Komisiju od četiri člana. Iako je ta Komisija na početku bila rekla da će zdušno prionuti poslu, to se nažalost nije dogodilo. Rijetko su se ili gotovo nikako pojavljivali u Međugorju. Tadašnja Biskupska konferencija Jugoslavije želi da se stvar uzme ozbiljnije u ruke. Savjetuje biskupu Žaniću da imenuje stručnu komisiju koja bi osvijetlila zbivanja u Međugorju. U veljači 1984. biskup Žanić proširuje Komisiju na 14 članova. Mnogi nisu bili zadovoljni jer su članovi Komisije uglavnom bili oni koji su se već prije izjasnili negativno o Gospinim ukazanjima. Prva sjednica te Komisije održana je 23. i 24. ožujka 1984. Po završetku zasjedanja objavila je izjavu za tisak u kojoj svoje rijetko sastajanje, između ostaloga, opravdava riječima da je Sveta stolica dala sugestiju biskupu da ne žuri s ispitivanjem i donošenjem suda. Drugi put ista se komisija sastala u listopadu 1984. Ponovila je sličnu izjavu prvošnjoj. Godine 1987. dolazi do velikog preokreta. Ispitivanje događanja u župi Međugorje pročelnik Kongregacije za nauk vjere, kardinal Joseph Ratzinger povjerio je Biskupskoj konferenciji Jugoslavije. b) Izjava nekadašnje Biskupske Konferencije Jugoslavije Nakon trogodišnjeg razmatranja nekadašnja Biskupska konferencija Jugoslavije objavila je 10. travnja 1991. izjavu u kojoj se između ostaloga kaže: "Na temelju dosadašnjeg istraživanja ne može se ustvrditi da se radi o nadnaravnim ukazanjima i objavama". Nije, dakle, rečeno da se ne ukazuje, nego samo da to još nije utvrđeno. Ovakve riječi bile su ustvari kompromis između stava biskupa Žanića i dobrih plodova koje donose međugorska događanja. Osjetivši veličinu međugorskih događanja, biskupi su odlučili posvetiti pozornost učenju o Blaženoj Djevici Mariji u župi Međugorje. Obvezali su se da će izdati posebne prikladne liturgijsko-pastoralne smjernice. Biskupi su svečano u Međugorje došli 17. lipnja 1991. Dan prije toga u Mostaru su ustrojili komisiju za pastoralni život u župi Međugorje. Na čelu te komisije bio je dr. Franjo Komarica, biskup Banjalučke biskupije, a članovi su joj bili Vinko Puljić, nadbiskup Sarajevske nadbiskupije, Slobodan Štambuk, biskup Hvarske biskupije i Pavao Žanić, biskup Mostarsko-duvanjsko i Trebinjsko-mrkanjske biskupije u kojoj se nalazi Međugorje. Komisija je još brojila četvoricu savjetnika. Sva četvorica biskupa, zajedno s drugim svećenicima, slavila su svečanu večernju hodočasničku misu. Misno slavlje predvodio je biskup Pavao Žanić, a propovijedao je nadbiskup Vinko Puljić. Ovim činom potvrdili su Međugorje kao mjesto molitve, kao svetište u kojemu se ljudi približavaju Bogu. Komisija za pastoralni život u župi Međugorje odlučila se ponovno sastati 26. lipnja 1991. Međutim, srpskim napadom na Sloveniju toga dana započeo je rat koji je udario zadnje čavle u lijes koji se zvao Jugoslavija. Raspadom države Jugoslavije, raspala se i Biskupska konferencija Jugoslavije. Biskup dr. Ratko Perić Pavla Žanića naslijedio je biskup dr. Ratko Perić koji je u vrijeme biskupovanja Pavla Žanića bio profesorom na sveučilištu Gregoriana u Rimu i rektor zavoda sv. Jeronima u Rimu. Mnogo je pomagao biskupu Pavlu Žaniću prilikom njegovih dolazaka u Rim. Biskupom upraviteljem Mostarsko-duvanjske i Trebinjsko-mrkanjske biskupije postao je 1993. Nastavio je stopama svoga prethodnika glede Gospinih ukazanja u župi Međugorje. Ni on ne svraća u župu, osim kada to treba službeno učiniti zbog dodjele potvrde ili nekog drugog službenog razloga. Za neistinitost Gospinih ukazanja obično navodi "Izjavu" bivše Konferencije biskupa Jugoslavije. Tumači je tako da kaže da su biskupi tada jasno rekli da se Gospa ne ukazuje u Međugorju. Za javnost je svoj stav najcjelovitije iznio u svojoj knjizi "Prijestolje mudrosti" (Crkva na kamenu, Mostar 1995.). U poglavlju knjige pod naslovom "Kriteriji za prosuđivanje ukazanja" i podnaslovom "O međugorskim pojavama" (str. 266- 286) pokušava dokazati da Gospina ukazanja nisu istinita. U zaključku poglavlja to svoje stajalište sažimlje u 10 točaka. Na blagdan Tijelova, 14.06.2001, Msgr Ratko Perić, biskup Mostarsko-duvanjske i upravitelj Trebinjsko-mrkanjske biskupije, podijelio je sakrament svete Potvrde sedamdeset i dvoje mladih župe Sv. Jakova u Međugorju. U svojoj propovijedi ponovio je da ne vjeruje u nadnaravnost međugorskih ukazanja, ali je izrazio zadovoljstvo načinom na koji župnik upravlja ovom župom i istaknuo važnost jedinstva Katoličke Crkve koje se očituje kroz jedinstvo s biskupom i s Papom, kao i potrebu da svi vjernici ove biskupije, snagom Duha Svetoga koji im je dan, budu vjerni naučavanju i praksi Svete Rimske Katoličke Crkve. Nakon svečane Svete Mise, Msgr Ratko Perić ostao je u prijateljskom razgovoru sa svećenicima u Župnom Uredu.