An article from the Catholic News Service posted on August 22, 2017, quotes Archbishop Henryk Hoser, Pope Francis’ Special Envoy to Medjugorje, as saying:
“The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has passed all documentation to the Secretariat of State—everything suggests the apparitions will be accepted before the year ends…It’s difficult to believe the six visionaries have been lying for 36 years. What they say is coherent, and none is mentally disturbed, while the apparitions’ faithfulness to Church doctrine is also a powerful argument for their authenticity.â€