Vatican Discipline for Priest Involved with Medjugorje Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina Aug 31, 2008 (Catholic Culture) -- Father Tomislav Vlasic, a Franciscan priest who was prominent in the first efforts to publicize the alleged apparitions at Medjugorje, has been placed under interdict by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith because of his flagrant disregard for ecclesiastical discipline. Father Vlasic-- who eventually broke with the Medjugorje seers and founded his own quasi-religious community, was cited for "suspicion of heresy and schism, as well as scandalous acts contra sextum, aggravated by mystical motivations." Read the Statement by Bishop Ratko Peric of Mostar

Bishop Peric Questions Alleged Formation of Medjugorje Commission Mostar, Jun 27, 2008 -- Bishop of Mostar-Duvno Ratko Peric issued a press release questioning the veracity of the claims of a Croatian daily newspaper “Ve?ernji list” which featured headlines “The Vatican. The highest circles of the Catholic Church have decided to follow the phenomenon of Medjugorje – A new Commission for Medjugorje” and “A Commission of the Holy See is being established”. The article quotes Cardinal Archbishop of Sarajevo Vinko Pulji? as acknowledging plans for a Vatican established commission to investigate the controversial ongoing apparition claims. Peric's statement lists the contradictions of the article and emphatically denies any knowledge of the formation of the alleged Commission: "The only thing that is certain in all of these media announcements, journalistic fabrications and Radio-Medjugorje guesses is that the local bishop of Mostar knows nothing about it at all!" Bishop Peric, is as opposed to the claims as his predecessor and in 2004, he upheld the suspension of Fr Jozo Zovko, the "spiritual adviser" to the visionaries.