Gospa City
Six Bosnian Croats claim to be regular witnesses of Virgin Mary (Gospa in Croatians) apparitions in Medjugorje, a small town of southeastern Bosnia. Since 1981, although it is not recognized by the Catholic Church, this controversial phenomenon has aroused growing enthusiasm and became subject of a permanent and growing pilgrimage over the years. I did follow a group of nine french pilgrims during a week around the 2014 New Year's Eve to document their experience in their unusual spiritual holidays. Some 7000 believers are coming to attend "apparitions" of the virgin during this highly frequented period of the year. During this report, the visionaries of Medjugorje would have experienced three ?apparitions? fervently witnessed by the pilgrims.