Contributions should be sent to the giro account of Croatian Caritas at Privredna banka Zagreb, No. 2340009-1100080340, Reference No. 07.

Hundreds of pilgrims, young and old, poured into the Zagreb cathedral on February 10, the Feast of the Blessed Cardinal Alojzije Stepinac, to visit the grave of the beatus and celebrate the Eucharist

We must guard against overemphasizing the privacy of religion, cautioned Cardinal Bozanić.

The 47th Theological-Pastoral Week, which has assembled several hundred participants, began on January 23. At the opening ceremonies, the High Chancellor of the Catholic School of Theology, Cardinal Bozanić said: As Christians we have a specific and active responsibility toward politics. On our journey toward the heavenly homeland, we live in our earthly homeland. We should be neither indifferent nor passive toward our earthly homeland because we all share the responsibility for building it.

Statements from the joint meeting of the Croatian Conference of Bishops and the Conference of Bishops of Bosnia and Herzegovina, at which particular attention was devoted to the questions and problems of Croatian foreign pastoral activity

Cardinal Franjo Šeper was the prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith from 1968 to 1981.

A special message from Pope Benedict XVI will be read during the Mass at the Zagreb cathedral to be held on Friday, January 5, at 6:00 p.m.

A school that wants to cultivate the whole person and authentic culture cannot neglect the religious and spiritual dimensions, said Cardinal Bozanić at the observance in Zagreb.

On the one hand, Church officials are expected to issue evangelical and pastoral pronouncements on the state of the society, providing guidance for that which is good in the light of faith; and on the other hand, not only are their efforts to promote the good lightly dismissed but they are even censured for exceeding the authority of their offices, noted the cardinal in his Christmas message.