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Catholic pilgrims gather kneeling around a statue of Virgin Mary, overseeing the area around a pilgrimage site near the Southern-Bosnian town of Medjugorje on June 25, 2011. The Virgin Mary is said to have appeared the first time here on June 25, 1981, to youths and is since then a magnet for Christians. Medjugorje is located in the Hercegovina region that is mostly populated by Bosnian Catholic Croats. For 30 years, the alleged phenomenon was ignored by Roman Catholic authorities until 2010, when Pope Benedict XVI issued an order to form an investigation team to search for the truth in case of Medjugorje sightings. AFP PHOTO ELVIS BARUKCIC (Photo credit should read ELVIS BARUKCIC/AFP/Getty Images)

Catholic pilgrims gather kneeling around a statue of Virgin Mary, overseeing the area around a pilgrimage site near the Southern-Bosnian town of Medjugorje on June 25, 2011. The Virgin Mary is said to have appeared the first time here on June 25, 1981, to youths and is since then a magnet for Christians. Medjugorje is located in the Hercegovina region that is mostly populated by Bosnian Catholic Croats. For 30 years, the alleged phenomenon was ignored by Roman Catholic authorities until 2010, when Pope Benedict XVI issued an order to form an investigation team to search for the truth in case of Medjugorje sightings. AFP PHOTO ELVIS BARUKCIC (Photo credit should read ELVIS BARUKCIC/AFP/Getty Images)
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