What happened to the Medjugorje Report following Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation?

Source: Catholic Confidential

Michael O’Neill, of the Miracle Hunter website, pointed out that the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI seems to have put the entire Medjugorje Report in a state of limbo.

Whether or not the new Pope decides to be involved in any way with the final assessment of the Medjugorje apparitions remains unclear. He may follow Benedict’s lead and prefer to be intimately involved as a direct recipient of the report. He may also opt to step back and tend to other matters, leaving the CDF to evaluate the final opinion formed by the commission and decide how to proceed with the information presented.
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Many observers have suggested that with no uncovering of a reason to shut down the apparitions as contradictory to the Gospel message of Christ, a status quo will be maintained until more information comes to light in coming years.

Incidentally, Medjugorjetoday.tv claims, on the basis of a “well-informed source,” that “Vatican Commission of experts who have examined the events of Medjugorje for three years has delivered a positive report.” That same source says that it may be a long time before that report is released. This claim from the obviously not-impartial website can be taken with a grain of salt. But hear-say is all we have until something more official is released from the Vatican.

In light of the upcoming Marian weekend this October, with statement that “all ecclesial entities of Marian spirituality” have been invited to take partake, I cannot help but hope that an official statement will be forthcoming from Pope Francis. Perhaps this year. Perhaps (do I dare hope for this?) in October.

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