CRISES IN IRELAND AND U.S. DOVETAIL WITH CONTROVERSIES OVER APPARITION

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From http://www.spiritdaily.com/medjfalsememory.htm

It is ironic that areas of the Church often opposed to the apparitions in Bosnia-Hercegovina at Medjugorje are now being helped in large measure -- in some ways, nearly rescued -- by powerful, widely publicized visits by seers to those dioceses and countries, bolstering the faith of many who otherwise may have threatened -- over abuse crises -- to leave the Church.

It is also ironic that dioceses presiding over empty convents, seminaries, and pews oppose an apparition that has been credited by bishops and cardinals with generating more vocations than any other situation in decades. At the church in Medjugorje itself, the pews overflow during five daily Masses: in June, 5,136 priests concelebrated on the altar there (171 a day) and handed out 225,000 Hosts. Meanwhile, tens of thousands attended a youth day there recently and the sixteenth international seminar for priests gathered 305 priests, deacons, and seminarians from 24 countries.

Were it not for Medjugorje -- which has been drawing large numbers of Irish, and has sent a major seer to appear on national television -- Ireland would be in even greater risk of losing its Catholicism. Another seer has been specifically ministering in the U.S. (especially in the Boston area; the mystical and ethnic link between Ireland and Boston is intriguing; two Catholic powerhouses; two places of crisis).
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