About me​

 

• Research Focus​

• Publications and Contributions

  • Books

  • Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals

  • Articles in Research Repositories

  • Articles on This Website

  • Forewords to Books

  • Conference Presentations

• Scholarly Mentions 

• National and International Media Mentions 

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Research Focus 

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I hold a Master's degree in Humanities and teach professionally. My research focuses on the historical-critical analysis of religious phenomena considered miraculous. A specialist in Medjugorje, I have also turned my attention to other cases and topics, of which I have studied some specific and significant aspects: the Shroud of Turin, Guadalupe, Rue du Bac, La Salette, Maria Valtorta, Tre Fontane, Amsterdam, Kibeho, Anguera, and Civitavecchia.

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Publications and Contributions​​​​​​​​

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Books

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In 2007 I published my first volume on Medjugorje, followed eleven years later by a revised and updated edition entitled La verità su Medjugorje  [The Truth About Medjugorje] (Lindau, 2018).

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Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals

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“Le fonti dell’opera di Maria Valtorta. Un’indagine preliminare” [The sources of Maria Valtorta’s work: A preliminary investigation], Rivista di storia del cristianesimo 23, no. 1 (2026): 130–151.

The journal, which uses double-blind peer review, is placed in Class A by ANVUR (the Italian National Agency for the Evaluation of the University and Research Systems) in the field of history and is indexed in ERIH PLUS.

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​​​​Articles in Research Repositories

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​My articles deposited in the Knowledge Commons repository, organized by theme:

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The Shroud of Turin

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• Images Not Made by Human Hand? (2024). DOI: 10.17613/pex4f-6s664

• The Shroud: The True and Unfounded History​ (2024, upd. 2025). DOI: 10.17613/322ya-4x944

• The Shroud and the Pray Codex Illusion​ (2024)​. DOI: 10.17613/emq3x-xnr40

• The Shroud: A Western, Late-Medieval Iconography​ (2024). DOI: 10.17613/273p2-s1r27

• Sindonology: Apologetic by Nature? (2025)​. DOI: 10.17613/jwz23-mza37

 

 

​​​​​​Guadalupe​

• Apparitions and Legends​ (2022). DOI: 10.17613/feha8-zzj45

• Juan Diego's Tilma: An Image of Miraculous Origin? (2023)​. DOI: 10.17613/bzh7q-qa617

• The Miracle of Our Lady of Guadalupe: The Emergence of the Legend (2024). DOI: 10.17613/hc4g8-er887

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Rue du Bac (in Italian)

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• Caterina Labouré, la Medaglia miracolosa e le profezie a fatti compiuti (2022). DOI: 10.17613/aqpmy-3xw69​

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​​​La Salette (in Italian)

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• La Salette e le lettere cadute dal cielo (2023). DOI: 10.17613/gtx5h-2ty24​

• La Salette e le fantasie fatate (2023). DOI: 10.17613/2h4g5-ffs71

• Le irrilevanti profezie di La Salette (2023). DOI: 10.17613/pzeta-hbx28​

• Mélanie Calvat aveva le stimmate? (2023). DOI: 10.17613/gb5cp-nn262​

• Mélanie Calvat: umiltà o autoesaltazione? (2023). DOI: 10.17613/xhda7-zp177​

• "Qualche giorno fa ho visto Maximin..." (2023). DOI: 10.17613/1gv68-q3z67​

• La Salette: non "segreti" ma credenze già diffuse (2023). DOI: 10.17613/t04h2-byb64​

• I "segreti" di La Salette: prevedere... il passato (2023). DOI: 10.17613/w56y8-r5549​

• 1858: Mélanie Calvat cambia versione (2023). DOI: 10.17613/6fydn-msr96​

• Mélanie Calvat e i segreti rimaneggiati (2023). DOI: 10.17613/n44nv-q6m47

• La Salette e le ingannevoli profezie sull'imperatore (2023). DOI: 10.17613/kvzk5-sct64

• L'approvazione e la rischiata sconfessione di La Salette (2023). DOI: 10.17613/t2j2e-1fz85

• Dopo La Salette: 150 anni di proliferazione dei "segreti" mariani (2023). DOI: 10.17613/68hvw-ev719

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​Tre Fontane (in Italian)

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• Uno sguardo critico su Bruno Cornacchiola e Luigina Sinapi (2021, upd. 2025). DOI: 10.17613/dnb9m-fye94​​​

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​Amsterdam (in Italian)

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• ​​Le inesistenti profezie di Ida Peerdeman (2021). DOI: 10.17613/1wp79-28t76​​​

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Kibeho (in Italian)

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• La facile profezia di Kibeho (2021). DOI: 10.17613/nwwap-v1060

 

 

Anguera (in Italian)

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• Anguera: come inventare profezie (2022, upd. 2026). DOI: 10.17613/wwd05-d3v03

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Articles on This Website

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Medjugorje

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• The Church's Position on Medjugorje: Critical Issues and Inconsistencies (2024, upd. 2026)

• Did the Medjugorje Seers Get Rich? An Analysis of Ecclesiastical and Media Sources (2011, upd. 2025)

• The Medjugorje Ten Secrets and The Seers' Contradictions (2008, upd. 2026)​

• Vicka Ivanković: Her Reaction to the 1985 Test and an Incongruent Justification (2009, upd. 2017)

• Marija Pavlović: The Fabricated 1988 Message (2008, upd. 2009)

• Tomislav Vlašić: Praised by Our Lady of Medjugorje and Then Excommunicated (2008, upd. 2025)

• Father Jozo Zovko: Testimonies and Contradictions (2020, upd. 2025)

• Our Lady of Medjugorje and Support for Disobedient Friars (2020)

• The Medjugorje Message “All Religions Are Equal” (1981): Apologetic Reinterpretations and Unreliable Corrections (2020)

• The Medjugorje Seers and Fr. Michele Barone: The Gospa's Silence (2019, upd. 2026)

• Sun Miracles Explained (2008, upd. 2018)

• Medjugorje: Responses to Saverio Gaeta's Apologetic Objections (2020)

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Civitavecchia (in Italian)

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• La Madonnina di Civitavecchia: lacrime e illusioni (2008, upd. 2024)

 

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Forewords to Books​​​​​​​​

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I prefaced the books:

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• Ratko Perić (Bishop Emeritus of Mostar), Virgin Most Prudent: On Medjugorje Out of Love for the Truth, Tonimir, 2026.

• Giorgio Gagliardi, La Madonna negata, Vertigo, 2023 (see:​ Received from Dr. Giorgio Gagliardi, Coordinator of Scientific Medjugorje Commission).

• Donal A. Foley, Comprendere Medjugorje: visioni celesti o inganno religioso?, Cantagalli-Eupress FTL, 2017.

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Conference Presentations

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I was a speaker at the International Conference "Manipulation, Abuse and Maltreatment in Groups" (Trieste, Palazzo dei Congressi – Stazione Marittima, July 4-6, 2013, organized by ICSA – International Cultic Studies Association), with the talk "The Hidden Roots of Medjugorje".

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Scholarly Mentions​

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My work has been cited in:

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• Marijana Belaj (University of Zagreb), Milijuni na putu. Antropologija hodočašća i sveto tlo Međugorja, Jesenski i Turk, 2012, pp. 84, 90-91, 172, 195.

• Elke Pahud de Mortanges (University of Freiburg), "Wie halten Sie es mit Privatoffenbarungen?“, in H. Wolf (ed.), "Wahre“ und „falsche“ Heiligkeit, Oldenbourg Verlag 2013, p. 129.

• Manfred Hauke (Faculty of Theology of Lugano), Le prime “apparizioni” della “Gospa” a Medjugorje e la loro valutazione. Breve status quaestionis, in "Rivista Teologica di Lugano", XXIII, 2, 2018, pp. 435, 437, 439, 450, 459.

-----, Recensioni: Marco Corvaglia "La verità su Medjugorje. Il grande inganno" , in "Rivista Teologica di Lugano", XXIII, 3, 2018, pp. 673-675.

-----, Innere Widersprüche und Schönfärberei. Die vatikanischen Äußerungen vom 19. September 2024 über Medjugorje, in "Sedes Sapientiae Mariologisches Jahrbuch", 28, 2024, pp. 184-185.

• Francesco Ferrari (Universidad Católica de Colombia, Bogotá), Le "apparizioni" della Madonna a Medjugorje tra la dissoluzione della Jugoslavia e la guerra in Bosnia (1981-1995), in "Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni" - Sapienza University of Rome, n. 85/2, 2019, p. 799.

• Joachim Bouflet (former consultant for the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints), Impostures mystiques, Cerf, 2023, pp. 222, 227, 231, 232, 357, 360.​

• Ratko Perić (Bishop Emeritus of Mostar), Djevice premudra: O Međugorju iz ljubavi prema istini, Tonimir, 2024, pp. 46-47, 53, 62, 64, 81, 93, 135-136.

• Ksenija Borojevic (University of Massachusetts, Boston), El fenómeno de la Madonna de Medjugorje: peregrinaciones, turismo religioso y pandemia,  in O. Molina Palestina (ed.), Peregrinar desde casa, Asociación Nacional de Universidades e Instituciones de Educación Superior, Ciudad de México 2025, p. 186.

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National and International Media Mentions

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• El Mundo, El milagro económico de la Virgen Bosnia, 5 September 2010.

• Rai News, L'Inchiesta (written by Flaviano Masella), 16 June 2011.

• Radio Vaticana, Medjugorje – maszk nélkül (Hungarian-language programming, by Fr. Szabó Ferenc), 1 March 2012.

• Rai 3, La Grande Storia — Medjugorje: la Storia e la Fede (written by Fania Petrelli), 1 August 2014.

• Rai Radio 1, Radio anch'io (hosted by Giorgio Zanchetti), 24 June 2015.

• The New York Times, Church Inquiry May Pit Pope Against a Popular Bosnian Shrine, 27 August 2015.

• Catholic News Agency (CNA) Deutsch, Hintergrund: Sind die mutmaßlichen Marienerscheinungen in Medjugorje übernatürlich?, 31 July 2026.

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