Earlier today, a Russian Su-35S operating near Horlivka, Donetsk Oblast, attempted to shoot down a possible Ukrainian MiG-29MU2 Multirole Fighter that was launching glide bombs at Russian positions in Kostyantynivka from west of Kramatorsk. The Su-35S engaged the aircraft with an R-37 or R-77 air-to-air missile.

Later, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that a Russian fighter had shot down a Ukrainian MiG-29.

✝️🇻🇦 New scandal in the Catholic Church.

Italian journalist David Murgia published on his blog a new report from a secret 2016 vote concerning the apparitions. It involved 33 theologians and cardinals. They were examining the case of Medjugorje, where the Virgin Mary was allegedly appearing.

Twenty-one members of the body expressed opposition to recognizing the alleged apparitions as authentic. Of that group, six additionally attributed a demonic origin to them.

It was proposed to punish the group of individuals called "seers" who allegedly saw and heard the words of Mary.

Murgia emphasized that among those pointing to the infernal origin of the events in Medjugorje were three cardinals. They concluded that the events in that locality cannot be explained without the direct action of hellish forces.

Consequently, we would not be dealing with a Marian apparition, but with the work of Satan.

The consultation on Medjugorje took place during a meeting of the then Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. They analyzed the report of an international commission headed by Cardinal Camillo Ruini, which Pope Benedict XVI established in 2010 to investigate the events in Medjugorje.

The matter of this locality and the alleged apparitions has been causing confusion in the Church for years. It began in 1981. At that time, six young people, some of whom had a very questionable reputation (seers of the Virgin Mary in apparitions recognized by the Church as authentic have always been distinguished by exceptional piety), claimed that they saw Mary.

The very content of the apparitions was sharply criticized by theologians, who had already pointed out earlier that some of the alleged visions are directly contradictory to Church teaching, so if it were not a hoax but actually a supernatural occurrence, it would have a diabolical origin.

In 2019, Pope Francis permitted the organization of pilgrimages to Medjugorje. At the same time, the authenticity of the apparitions was in no way recognized. It should be noted that almost any place with a shrine or church can be a pilgrimage destination. However, supporters of belief in Medjugorje have repeatedly used this permission to spread manipulation, as if the Church were in some way affirming these "apparitions."

✝️🇻🇦 Evidence of the satanic origin of the events is also the history of the spiritual guide of the children who had these apparitions.

Tomislav Vlašić was a Croatian Franciscan who, in October 1981, just a few months after the alleged beginning of the apparitions, became the spiritual guide of the six children from Medjugorje.

He quickly became their greatest advocate and the main promoter of the entire phenomenon. He was the author of the "Chronicle of the Apparitions," which for years served as the basis for accounts of the events in Medjugorje.

Proceedings against Vlašić went on for many years, and the list of charges is long and serious.

As early as 2008, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith initiated an investigation against him. He was accused of:

• Spreading dubious teachings.

• Manipulating the consciences of the faithful.

• Suspect mysticism.

• Disobedience toward church authorities.

• Violation of the Sixth Commandment, i.e., breaking celibacy. It was revealed that even before coming to Medjugorje, he had an affair with a nun, with whom he has a child.

In 2009, Pope Benedict XVI reduced him to the lay state and forbade him any apostolic activity, including speaking about Medjugorje.

Despite this, Vlašić continued to pose as a priest and administered unlawful sacraments.

The culmination of his actions was excommunication imposed on July 15, 2020. The reason was persistent violation of the bans. Moreover, together with his collaborator Stefania Caterina, he founded his own community, which took the name "Church of Jesus Christ of the Entire Universe."