Francesco Cavina is the new Apostolic Visitor with a special character for the parish of Medjugorje. The Bishop Emeritus of Carpi was appointed today by Pope Leo XIV “for an indefinite period and ad nutum Sanctae Sedis,” according to the Bulletin of the Holy See Press Office.
Cavina thus takes over, as I had already written, from Archbishop Aldo Cavalli, who is leaving the village in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Lately, malicious rumors (certainly unfounded) had been circulating about him, suggesting — as I previously reported on this blog — that he was more interested in joining pilgrims around their dining tables than in attending to the spirituality of the place.
I met Bishop Cavina personally during several meetings I held in Val di Fassa, in Trentino. For this reason, I look to his arrival with interest and confidence.
Appointed Bishop of Carpi by Benedict XVI on November 14, 2011, he led the diocese until June 26, 2019. During his episcopate, he welcomed Pope Francis on the occasion of his pastoral visit on April 2, 2017.
Until last summer, he was also a familiar voice to Radio Maria listeners, where he hosted the program “My Sheep Hear My Voice, and I Know Them,” dedicated to exploring faith and spiritual life. He has collaborated with GRIS (of which I am president for the Diocese of Rome), is a respected commentator for many media outlets, and has repeatedly examined the subject of the devil’s existence and actions.
Now, with Bishop Cavina, a new chapter may begin for Medjugorje. The hope is that he will know how to combine attentiveness to pilgrims with firmness in discernment, addressing any ambiguities and placing the spiritual life of the place at the center. Because in the land of the Gospa, credibility also depends on clarity.
For anyone wishing to gain a complete understanding of the entire Medjugorje phenomenon, the finest work is that carried out by the Pontifical Commission of Inquiry, chaired by Cardinal Camillo Ruini. At the conclusion of its work, the Commission produced the famous Final Report, a secret document that I published for the very first time, both in paperback and Kindle editions, in my book “Rapporto su Medjugorje.”
My latest book is “I Married a Nazi: My Escape from the Fourth Reich. A Shocking True Story,” published by Piemme and written together with Hilde Keller. The book is available from the publisher and on Amazon.
It recounts the extraordinary story of Hilde Keller, who marries a neo-Nazi and, together with him, attempts to create a new Reich.
AN INVITATION TO READ
Wewelsburg Castle (Germany), 2018. Hilde and the man who would become her husband are joined in marriage by a shaman. The ceremony follows a ritual of the Waffen-SS, the ruthless armed wing of the Nazi police. The backdrop is not the stained-glass windows of German Gothic churches, but the “Black Sun,” the magical place from which the esoteric National Socialism envisioned by Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Himmler would emerge.
Among the wedding witnesses are children and relatives of Nazi leaders.
From that moment on, Hilde’s life turns into an abyss inhabited by dark shadows and unsuspected figures who wear Nazi uniforms, keep busts of the Führer and flags of the Third Reich in their homes, and meet in villas and luxurious apartments across Europe to plan the unthinkable: the rebirth of Nazism.
The world Hilde experiences every day is difficult to believe. Yet everything is real. Everything is disturbing. Hilde herself witnesses violence (including against animals), occult rituals, and secret wartime gatherings, exposing a chilling phenomenon that is often discussed without being understood but is terribly widespread: neo-Nazism.
After years of torment, Hilde manages to escape this nightmare. One night, she decides to abandon her husband and that dark world, embrace the Cross, and become a Christian.
“Anyone in Italy who identifies neo-Nazism with groups of young men with shaved heads, ready for violence, or with small far-right political organizations is mistaken. Today, neo-Nazism wears the guise of respectability, good manners, and excellent education.”
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Originally published in Italian on Il Segno di Giona, October 31, 2026.
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