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MESSAGE FROM POPE LEO XIV to the participants of the 36th Youth Festival Medjugorje, August 4th – 8th, 2025
Dear young people, I am pleased to address you with a message on the occasion of the 36th Youth Festival, which, like every year, reunites you
Fr. Zvonimir Pavičić celebrated Holy Mass on Cross Mountain at the end the Youth Festival: ‘Be Our Lady’s children!’
”We are at the end of our gathering, this spiritual retreat we had in Medjugorje. We began it on the Apparition Hill, and we end
Bishop Petar Palić presided over the Holy Mass on the final evening of the 36th Youth Festival
The last, fourth evening of the 36th Youth Festival ended with the farewell mission, or the gifting of the rosaries to the representatives of young
The 36th Youth Festival – Fr. Zvonimir Pavičić: Let us respond to Our Lady’s invitation. She is calling until we are all converted
The third day of the 36th International Youth Prayer Festival, which is being held in Medjugorje under the motto ‘Let us go to the house
36th Youth Festival – Fr. Jozo Grbeš: Let’s not be formal Christians, there are too many of them today
On the second day of the 36th International Youth Prayer Festival on Tuesday, August 5, on the feast of Our Lady of the Snows – Dedication
36th Youth Festival – Nuncio Chullikatt: Medjugorje is the Beginning of a Renewed Journey
Tens of thousands of pilgrims from 71 countries arrived at the 36th International Youth Prayer Meeting – the Youth Festival, which began in Medjugorje on Monday,
Statistics for July, 2025
Number of Holy Communions: 150 000 Number of priests that concelebrated at Holy Masses: 5858 (188 per day)
For the first time at the Medjugorje Youth Festival Mladifest 2025, the Mir Medjugorje Centers of the different languages were presented
On the fourth day of the 36th Youth Festival, the Mir Medjugorje Centers, which spread Our Lady’s message around the world in ten different languages,
The First Ever Medjugorje Youth Festival- Mladifest USA 2025 took Place July 18th-20th!
The spirit of Medjugorje was powerfully present in Chicago during the weekend of July 18–20, 2025, at the Medjugorje Youth Festival – Mladifest USA 2025,
Our Blessed Mother’s Annual Apparation to the Visionary Ivanka June 25, 2025
The visionary Ivanka Ivankovic-Elez had her regular annual apparition on June 25th 2025. At her last daily apparition on May 7, 1985, Our Lady confided
Our Blessed Mother in the early morning of the 44th Anniversary: ‘Dear children, be bearers of peace…'”
The 44th Anniversary of the Apparitions of the Queen of Peace is a little different from previous years, perhaps because we, the pilgrims and parishioners,
The Novena for Peace has ended, but Our Blessed Mother said: ‘See you tomorrow, at the same time and in the same place.’
Throughout the Church, we celebrate today, June 24, the feast of Saint John the Baptist. In Medjugorje, however, this celebration has a special and unique
8th Day Novena for Peace “I especially asked Our Blessed Mother to intercede with her Son Jesus for peace in our hearts, in our families, and in the whole world. Especially where there is war, that there may be peace.” Marija Pavlović
Today was incredible—the multitude of people from all over the world who came to Medjugorje to celebrate the 44th Anniversary of the apparitions of the
7th Day Novena for Peace: “When Our Blessed Mother came, she looked at all of us and immediately began to pray over us” – Marija Pavlović
With an innumerable crowd of faithful, the seventh day of the Novena for Peace was once again experienced in a deep, prayerful silence—expectant, awaiting the
6th Day of the Novena for Peace: “Our Blessed Mother looked at all of us, prayed for a long time over us, blessed us, and returned to Heaven.” -Marija Pavlović
The sixth day of the Novena for Peace began with the recitation of the Rosary led by the prayer group “Gospa Majka moja”, which, as