Although many will praise the Church when it helps people in need, they will also denounce the same Church when it defends human life, moral values and the meaning of existence, and calls attention to what makes people unhappy, alienated and downtrodden.

Your decision reveals a purity of soul, strong and unwavering faith, the power of humility and gentleness, and the great courage that has distinguished every step of your exemplary pontificate.

Special Plenary Session of the Croatian Conference of Bishops, Zagreb, January 21, 2013

The bishops discussed the current issue of health education in the schools

The Church is not opposed to health education but it shall not and cannot desist regarding the truth about the person, human sexuality, marriage and the family, which in the fourth module is distorted and not presented holistically.

Croatia was left with very few public assets, including natural resources, which, on the one hand, should guarantee the right to universal natural resources and, on the other, sustainable development for this and future generations, says the Statement by the Justice and Peace Commission. The Commission does not consider the draft legislation to be good and urged the Croatian authorities to delay the adoption and implementation of the act in order to inform the populace about it through public discussion.