Fruits of grace in Medjugorje

Pope Francis has decided to authorize pilgrimages to Medjugorje, which can now be officially organized by dioceses and parishes and will no longer take place only in a private capacity which as has so far been the case. The announcement was made on May 12, 2019 during Mass, at the parish shrine which has become a destination for millions of pilgrims, by the Apostolic Nuncio Luigi Pezzuto in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Archbishop Henryk Hoser, the Holy See's Special Apostolic Visitor. 

The ad interim director of the Holy See Press Office, Alessandro Gisotti, responding to journalists' questions about the announcement, specified that the papal authorization must be taken to prevent these pilgrimages from being interpreted as an authentication of known events, which still require examination by the Church. …

"Considering the considerable flow of people who go to Medjugorje and the abundant fruits of grace that have sprung from it," continued Gisotti, "this authorization is part of the particular pastoral attention that the Holy Father intended to give to that reality, aimed at encouraging and promoting the fruits of good." 

Adapted from Vatican News