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Slavko Barbarić
Slavko Barbarić (11 March 1946 – 24 November 2000) was a Franciscan friar and a Catholic priest from Bosnia and Herzegovina involved in the alleged Marian apparitions in Medjugorje, serving as a spiritual director of the alleged seers from 1984 until his death in 2000. He was a supporter of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal. He became a priest as a member of the Franciscans in 1971. From 1981 until 1984 he served as a spiritual assistant in Mostar, but was mainly active in Medjugorje after the alleged apparitions in June 1981. There, he was appointed a chaplain in 1984, and succeeded Tomislav Vlašić as a spiritual director of the alleged seers. Barbarić remained in Medjugorje until his transfer to Blagaj near Mostar in 1985. Nevertheless, he still continued his activity in Medjugorje, contrary to the Bishop's orders. He was moved to Humac near Ljubuški, but in 1991 illegally moved to Medjugorje again, where he remained until his death. His confessional juris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Medjugorje ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Međugorje, Међугорје, ) is a town located in southwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina, about southwest of Mostar and east of the border with Croatia. The town is part of the Čitluk, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Čitluk municipality and geographically part of Herzegovina. Since 1981, it has become a popular site of Catholic Church in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Catholic Christian pilgrimage, pilgrimage due to Our Lady of Međugorje, a purported series of Marian apparition, apparitions of Mary, mother of Jesus, to six local children that are supposedly still happening to this day. The name ''Međugorje'' literally means "between mountains". At an altitude of Above mean sea level, above sea level it has a mild Mediterranean climate. The town consists of an ethnically homogeneous Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croat population of 2,306. The Roman Catholic Župa, parish includes four neighbouring villages: Bijakovići, Vionica, Miletina an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
