Since the beginning of the apparitions of the Virgin on the arid hill of Medjugorjewhile for the Church it was only a negative phenomenon to be absolutely avoided, crowds of celebrities from all over Europe, ignoring the Vatican’s prohibitions, moved driven by curiosity, hope and word of mouth of thousands of people returning from the former Yugoslavia truly touched in the heart, renewed, more serene. The noise around the events of Medjugorje began in 1981, when the former Yugoslavia was disintegrating and the winds of war were blowing strong. Ten years after the first supernatural events, in 1991, even Julius Andreottione of the most powerful politicians of the time, a fervent Christian Democrat and very obedient to the Church, did not hesitate to set out. Shortly afterwards, Umberto Bossifounder of the League, did so with his wife and, more recently, Matthew Renzi also.
Medjugorje, who are the devout celebrities
The chronicles tell of the spiritual journeys of actors and actresses. Claudia Koll (former muse of Tinto Brass), but also Andrea Bocelli, Alessandra Amoroso, Monica Marangoni, the actor Kim Rossi Stuart, the journalist Paolo Brosio, the footballer Nicola Legrottaglie, Jim Caviezel. Celebrities who admitted to having moved under the impulse of the media hype, probably because they were going through a complicated and painful personal situation. Or perhaps because it was a fire that began to burn again after years of estrangement from God, after negative periods in their lives.
Elizabeth Gregoraci said she returned home with an open “heart.” “Going to Medjugorje, I felt changes in myself during a particular period of my life. I was coming out of a very complicated period.” The same thing happened to Mandy Smith, model and ex-wife of Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman: “Things happened there that I can’t explain.” When she returned home, she began attending Mass every week.
The abundant fruits that the Vatican speaks of in the document published today containing the “Nihil obstat” are told above all by the lives of ordinary people, sometimes they are real miracles, other times spiritual conversions. Valeria Marini said she found the inner light and serenity necessary to face a complicated period.
Medjugorje then became a sought-after destination for singles looking for their soul mate. A Tuscan association even promoted trips to Bosnia-Herzegovina for this purpose a few years ago. The Virgin Mary, after all, is a mother and listens to the tears of her children. The cost of the trip was modest: 240 euros.
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