After Bishop Zanic’s public denouncement of the Medjugorje apparitions on October 30, 1984, Archbishop Frane Franic sent a letter to Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger speaking in defense of Medjugorje. The opinions on both sides are vehemently defended, and in the midst of such strongly held beliefs, the Church continued to take a neutral position encouraging the Bishops Commission to proceed in their investigation of the apparitions.
