Virgin of Civitavecchia statue made by Muslim

According to the former Medjugorje parish priest, Fr Jozo Zovko, the famed statue of the Virgin of Civitavecchia in Italy which was brought from Medjugorje, was manufactured by a Muslim.

In a written statement made in 2005, Fr Jozo wrote: “…a statue that is crying tears of blood in Italy was made by a Muslim, and the word Medjugorje is written on it. To this day the same Muslim man is manufacturing statues.”

This week Romereports.com stated that Pope John Paul venerated the image of the Virgin of Civitavecchia, according to a recently published book “La Madonna de Civitavecchia” written by Monsignor Girolama Grillo.

This is not surprising, for in 1995, and after six months of scientific investigations, Pope John Paul instructed Bishop Girolamo Grillo for the statue to be exposed for veneration by the faithful.

PRESENT POPE ALSO PRAYED BEFORE
OUR LADY OF MEDJUGORJE IMAGE

In July 2007 Radio Vatican reported that Pope Benedict XVI also prayed before an image of Our Lady of Medjugorje when staying in Lorenzago di Cadore. The report stated that the Holy Father spent an hour in front of the image and that it was a very poignant time.

The report continued: “The Pope went to the small chapel in the forest and prayed in front of the image of Our Lady of Medjugorje. An interesting story is connected with this image: it was brought in the 80’s and was stolen. After some time, the thief brought it back to the small chapel. The Pope prayed the Rosary and spent about one hour there.”

MEDJUGORJE’S ‘YELLOW HALL’ NOW

DEDICATED TO BLESSED JOHN PAUL II

• The landmark “yellow hall” in Medjugorje, where many meetings take place between pilgrims and the Franciscan priests, was officially renamed earlier this month on May 1, Blessed John Paul II Parish Hall, to honour his beatification on the same day.

picture © EMZED