<P> A Vatican commission set up by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010 to study the Medjugorje question was reported on 18 January 2014 to have completed its work, the results of which it would communicate to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith . Headed by Cardinal Camillo Ruini, Pope Francis commented the report as "very, very good" on 13 May 2017 when speaking to journalists . According to Italian media, the Ruini report divided the investigation into three main parts: the early apparitions from 24 June 1981 to 3 July 1981, the acclaimed apparitions thereafter, and the pastoral situation . The commission expressed positive findings in favor of recognizing the supernatural nature of the first appearances, and rejected the hypothesis of a demonic origin of the apparitions . Yet, the commission expressed that an opinion cannot be reached towards the acclaimed apparitions thereafter, despite majority of the commission recognized the positive spiritual fruits that Medjugorje has brought to pilgrims, including Pope Francis who commented the pastoral situation in Medjugorje: "The third, the core of the Ruini report, the spiritual fact, the pastoral fact . People go there and convert . People who encounter God, change their lives...but this...there is no magic wand there . And this spiritual and pastoral fact can't be ignored ." </P> <P> On 11 February 2017, Pope Francis appointed Archbishop Henryk Hoser, S.A.C., the Bishop of Warszawa - Praga, as a Special Envoy of the Holy See to Medjugorje . By the end of 2017, Hoser had announced that the Vatican's position was in favor of organizing pilgrimages . "Today, dioceses and other institutions can organize official pilgrimages . It's no longer a problem," explained Archbishop Hoser . "Pope Francis (even) recently asked an Albanian cardinal to give his blessing to the faithful present in Medjugorje ." </P> <P> "I am full of admiration for the work the Franciscans are doing there," the Polish archbishop reported . "With a relatively small team--there is only a dozen of them--they do a huge job of welcoming pilgrims . Every summer they organize a youth festival . This year, there were 50,000 young people from around the world, with more than 700 priests ." </P> <P> He also cited the large number of confessions, adding, "There is a massive number of confessions . They have about 50 confessionals, which are not enough ." </P>

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