{"id":101179,"date":"2026-08-02T21:10:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T21:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=101179"},"modified":"2026-08-02T21:10:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T21:10:48","slug":"vandals-deface-our-lady-statues-set-fire-to-altar-at-medjugorje-shrine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/learn\/vandals-deface-our-lady-statues-set-fire-to-altar-at-medjugorje-shrine\/","title":{"rendered":"Vandals deface Our Lady statues, set fire to altar at Medjugorje shrine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Vandals desecrated two statues of Our Lady and set fire to the outdoor altar of St. James Church at the Medjugorje shrine in Bosnia and Herzegovina early Tuesday, July 28, days before the shrine\u2019s annual Mladifest youth festival.The statue of Our Lady on Podbrdo, or Apparition Hill, was doused with black paint across the face, chest, and dress, with the words \u201cDevil in a skirt\u201d scrawled on its pedestal, local media reported. The statue of Our Lady at the nearby\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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The statue of Our Lady at the nearby\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-101179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":101970,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/learn\/bartek-krakowiak-from-professed-convert-to-troubled-vandal-at-medjugorje\/","url_meta":{"origin":101179,"position":0},"title":"Bartek Krakowiak: From professed convert to troubled vandal at Medjugorje","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"ao\u00fbt 3, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Following the recent vandalism at the famous Marian shrine of Medjugorje in Bosnia and Herzegovina, authorities arrested alleged perpetrator Bart\u0142omiej W\u0142odzimierz Krakowiak, a 31-year-old Polish national with a troubled past.Krakowiak was apprehended in the village of Cerno, near Ljubu\u0161ki, shortly after the incident on July 28. A local man, Ivan Vu\u010di\u0107, recognized and detained him before handing him over to the authorities. Bosnian judicial authorities have charged him with damaging or destroying religious property. 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Since June 24\u201325, 1981, the eve and feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, when six children in a small village in Bosnia-Herzegovina first reported seeing and receiving messages from the Blessed Virgin Mary, more than 40 million pilgrims from around the\u2026","rel":"","context":"Dans &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240918140932-95d09101670df67ac17d2fcf53c5f278744d108b027c26b4a3fd477b2c4fc5c9.webp?fit=760%2C507&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240918140932-95d09101670df67ac17d2fcf53c5f278744d108b027c26b4a3fd477b2c4fc5c9.webp?fit=760%2C507&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240918140932-95d09101670df67ac17d2fcf53c5f278744d108b027c26b4a3fd477b2c4fc5c9.webp?fit=760%2C507&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240918140932-95d09101670df67ac17d2fcf53c5f278744d108b027c26b4a3fd477b2c4fc5c9.webp?fit=760%2C507&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":77635,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/learn\/the-image-of-our-lady-of-lourdes-thats-not-there-but-everyone-sees-it\/","url_meta":{"origin":101179,"position":2},"title":"The image of Our Lady of Lourdes that\u2019s not there but everyone sees it","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"avril 4, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Those who visit the chapel of the Our Lady of Lourdes shrine in the city of Alta Gracia in C\u00f3rdoba province, Argentina, witness a phenomenon that has no explanation: In the niche that is part of the altarpiece above the altar, an image of the Virgin Mary can be seen although the space is empty \u2014 there is nothing there.According to the Argentine news agency AICA, what can be seen is not a flat image but rather a relief, a\u2026","rel":"","context":"Dans &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":19799,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/learn\/what-has-the-catholic-church-said-about-medjugorje-a-timeline\/","url_meta":{"origin":101179,"position":3},"title":"What has the Catholic Church said about Medjugorje? A timeline","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"novembre 2, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] The Church of St. James in Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina. \/ Credit: Miropink\/Shutterstock Rome Newsroom, Sep 18, 2024 \/ 12:50 pm (CNA). After more than four decades of investigation into alleged Marian apparitions at Medjugorje in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the head of the Vatican\u2019s doctrine office will hold a press conference Thursday about the \"spiritual experience\u201d at the Marian site, the Vatican said.The alleged visions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Medjugorje occurred to six children starting on June\u2026","rel":"","context":"Dans &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1730550503_Medjugorje_Credit_miropink_Shutterstock_CNA.jpg?fit=900%2C600&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1730550503_Medjugorje_Credit_miropink_Shutterstock_CNA.jpg?fit=900%2C600&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1730550503_Medjugorje_Credit_miropink_Shutterstock_CNA.jpg?fit=900%2C600&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1730550503_Medjugorje_Credit_miropink_Shutterstock_CNA.jpg?fit=900%2C600&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":38631,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/learn\/our-lady-of-good-counsel-all-about-this-devotion-and-pope-leo-xivs-connection-to-it\/","url_meta":{"origin":101179,"position":4},"title":"Our Lady of Good Counsel: All about this devotion and Pope Leo XIV\u2019s connection to it","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"juin 10, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Pope Leo XIV prays in front of the famous icon at the Shrine of the Mother of Good Counsel in Genazzano, Italy, on Saturday, May 10, 2025. \/ Credit: Vatican Media CNA Staff, May 22, 2025 \/ 13:12 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV, the first pope to come from the Order of St. Augustine (OSA), made a visit very early in his pontificate to the Shrine of the Mother of Good Counsel in Genazzano, Italy, near Rome. 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Across the world\u2019s most populous Muslim nation of Indonesia, Catholics can find oases of prayer and devotion. 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