WARSAW, Poland (CNS) – A Polish archbishop who inspected Bosnia-Herzegovina’s Medjugorje shrine for the pope predicted the Vatican will soon recognize its Marian apparitions.

“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,” said Archbishop Henryk Hoser. “It’s difficult to believe the six visionaries have been lying for 36 years,” the archbishop said.