The Hypocrisy of Međugorje

One thing amazes me about Međugorje. It is a place were the Catholic apparition of Mary to the following persons:

Mirjana Dragicevic
Ivanka Ivanković
Marija Pavlović
Jakov Colo
Vicka Ivanković
Ivan Dragicevic


The children claim that they saw an apparition on the hill Crnica (on the place called Podbrdo); the alleged apparition was a white form with a child in her arms. Surprised and scared, they did not approach. The next day at the same time four of the youths returned, and were later joined by the other two. For several years the six visionaries reported seeing daily apparitions from the Virgin Mary and Medjugorje became crowded with pilgrims. It has been reported that Our Lady of Medjugorje has been appearing daily to three of these visionaries ever since, some say that they have stopped having daily apparitions.



That didn't impressed me though. I am searching in Wikipedia and i found out another one, from the town history itself and read as it shows:

Second World War

In 1941, when Međugorje belonged to the Independent State of Croatia, the Serbian Orthodox Žitomislić Monastery was plundered by the Ustaša, and its refectory was burned down. On 21 June 1941, in the immediate neighborhood of Međugorje, Ustashas buried alive seven Serbian monks from the Žitomislić Monastery. On 4 August 1941, 600 armed Ustasha, led by Ivan Jovanovic Crni from Mostar, committed a massacre in the hamlet of Šurmanci against 559 unarmed Christian Orthodox Serb civilians from the nearby village of Prebilovci. Along with 1,300 Serbs from Čapljina and Mostar, the Serbs from Prebilovci were thrown alive into deep natural pits. Medjugorje is located in the immediate vicinity of the Golubinka pit, the most notorious site of mass execution of Serbs. The massacre led Mostar bishop Alojzije Mišić to write a letter of protest to the Archbishop of Zagreb Aloysius Stepinac(Whom John Paul II prayed for in his tomb!). The Communist government of Yugoslavia had the pit containing the bodies sealed with a concrete slab; hence they were only exhumed and reburied at the cemetery of Prebilovci in the neighboring town of Čapljina in 1989.


Whether it is Wikipedia or other independent sources, the Catholic church is making sure that any traces of Orthodoxy is buried. During my change of heart, i managed 1% heart to the Catholic church because that is the religion i grew up as a child. But when i saw about Jasenovac, Ustaše and the ratline, that remaining 1% shattered like bubbles. I felt enraged because that church i grew up was the church that killed Orthodox Serbs for competition and spilling blood on the Sava river for 4 years! What kind of human beings are they?!?! Can't the Catholic church admit to this day about Jasenovac? Pope Francis should know this and since he wants to open the Vatican archives, he should to expose the wrongdoing of the Catholic church in Croatia during WWII and make a public apology!

This is not about me, or anyone but for the Serbian people. The Shame of Međugorje will live on until Pope Francis would dismiss it as a heresy and a made up cause for his predecessors' success. And he should know that if he is doing all he can as a good person, make some changes and that change will be starting at Jasenovac and Međugorje at first!