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In the spirit of the Jubilee Year 2025, this book does for Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, what
Living the Jubilee does for Rome, Italy. Pope John Paul II called Medjugorje "the spiritual center of the world," and the Vatican Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has recently stated that what is happening in Medjugorje is at the very least authentic "by its fruits." This is the highest form of official approval for a claims regarding supernatural phenomena.
What is happening in Medjugorje and why do hundreds of thousands of people visit each year? In June of 1981, the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, began appearing to six young people with messages above all of peace and conversion. She calls herself the "Queen of Peace," and these apparitions have continued to this day. First coming to the children in the rocky hills outside the small city ravaged by war and Communism, throngs of pilgrims walk the unfriendly trails to the original spot every day of the year and often with bare feet. The miracles and spiritual experiences attributed to this place are impossible to count.
The pilgrimage to Rome is historical and deeply woven into the custom of piety and devotion in the Catholic Church. But for the post-modern world, Medjugorje is the pre-eminent 'destination' for all people seeking to encounter God, especially those who have fallen away or have no religious affiliation. The Jubilee Year will bring many more to Medjugorje and Saverio Gaeta's guidebook provides a necessary service of how to do it and what to do while one is there. The introduction to the English edition is provided by the official chaplain to English-speaking pilgrims, Leon Pereira.
There are over 200 color photographs and graphs.
About the author
Saverio Gaeta is an acclaimed Italian journalist who acted as editor for
L'Osservatore Romano, senior editor of Jesus, managing editor of
Famiglia Cristiana, and vice director of Credere. He is an expert in issues pertaining to the relationship between faith and science and has contributed to platforms across television, radio, and print media. He is the author of a wide range of works, including the recent
Who Believes Is Not Alone (St. Augustine's Press, 2022), and he has been translated into sixteen languages.
