Pilgrim decline threatens local economy

By Jakob Marschner on Jul 31, 2013 2013 has far from lived up to last year’s visit records. Expecting further growth, many owners have expanded their hotels and pansions, and loan repayment is a growing problem. As room prices drop and competition gets harder, this week’s Youth Festival is crucial for many local people. Still ...
Intervention saved Mirjana’s secrets

By Jakob Marschner on Jul 23, 2013 During the war in Bosnia, the parchment outlining visionary Mirjana Dragicevic-Soldo’s 10 prophetic secrets was in Sarajevo, inaccessible to her. But a Spanish soldier felt an urge to enter her family’s house, found the parchment, then heard a voice tell him to deliver it in Medjugorje. Mirjana praying ...