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Lunchbox Lecture: The Daily Messenges of the Virgin. Expanding a Religious Place through Praying the Rosary

Gastvortrag in englischer Sprache von Sebastian Weißgerber (Katholische Universität Eichstätt)

The small town of Međugorje in Bosnia is famous for its apparition of Maria, in Christian tradition the Mother of God. Since 1981 she has allegedly appeared to some seers on a daily base, so that millions of people pilgrim there from all over the world. However, the Catholic Church is sceptical concerning the truth of this apparition.

There is a special group among the pilgrims - the Catholic-Charismatic movement - who aims to bring people to Međugorje and to worship the Holy Virgin by praying the rosary in a charismatic way. This presentation wants to show how it could happen that many people believe in a daily apparation of Maria and the small place of Međugorje became one of the most famous pilgrim places in the world.

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