POSTULATOR FOR CAUSE OF JOHN PAUL II SAYS POPE BELIEVED IN APPARITIONS

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Speaking of sainthood testimony and of Medjugorje, it was fascinating to learn that the postulant for Pope John Paul II's cause -- Monsignor Slawomir Oder of Poland -- records in his book, Why He Is A Saint, about the late pontiff: "His devoted love for Mary only grew and flourished when the connection between the third secret of Fatima and the assassination attempt of May 1981 became clear. In connection with the dramatic event, extrajudicial sources confirm, John Paul II also saw a link with the apparitions of the Queen of Peace in Medjugorje, in the former Yugoslavia, which began at the end of June of the same year. The Pope spoke of it in very favorable terms and said, 'To say that nothing is happening at Medjugorje means denying the living and praying testimony of thousands of people who have been there.'"

Remember, this is the postulator of John Paul II's cause -- which -- whether or not Medjugorje should win final Church recognition -- should put to rest arguments that there is no evidence the future saint favored the apparitions. Let's hear Monsignor Slawomir further:

"Although [John Paul II] never took an official position on these apparitions, in private Pope Wojtyła did not conceal his own belief. To Monsignor Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger, archbishop of Florianopolis in Brazil, who was going for the fourth time on a pilgrimage, he confirmed, 'Medjugorje is the spiritual center of the world.' In 1987, during a short conversation, Karol Wojtyła confided to the seer Mirjana Dragičević: 'If I weren't Pope, I would already been in Medjugorje confessing.' This intention finds confirmation in the testimony of Cardinal Frantisek Tomasek, archbishop emeritus of Prague, who heard him say that, if he weren't Pope, he would have liked to go to Medjugorje to help with the pilgrimages."
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