These presumed apparitions don’t have a lot of value. This I say as a personal opinion – Pope Francis.

“We are close to coming to a decision," the Pontiff told press on flight back to Rome from Sarajevo regarding the investigation into the alleged Marian apparitions at Medjugorje.

Professor Anne-Marie Pelletier is a scholar of hermeneutics and biblical exegesis who has also written two books on the role of women in Christianity.