Vatican gives green light to devotion at Bosnian shrine where Virgin Mary reportedly appeared
The Vatican did not rule that the accounts that children and teenagers saw Mary in the village of Međugorje in 1981 were authentic, but it said that the spiritual experience of visiting the shrine justified pilgrimages there.
Sanija Ameti, a Muslim councilwoman from the Green Liberal Party of Switzerland (GLP), has apologised for using a Christian image in target practice, sparking outrage over the weekend. Ameti posted a photo of herself holding a sport pistol alongside a picture of the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child riddled with pellet holes. She admitted the act was “absolutely stupid” and said she didn’t consider the image’s content at the time. The politician has since removed the post and apologised to those offended, but the incident has drawn calls for her resignation.
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