Pope John Paul II was well acquainted with the methodology of totalitarian regimes, which asserted that their victims were actually criminals. It is precisely for this reason that the Pope restored the reputation of Cardinal Alozije Stepinac, a victim, by beatifying him in 1998. Bishop Košić asked CNN to issue a public apology for asserting blatant untruths because it is important that such a thing does not happen again, not only in the case of Cardinal Stepinac but in the cases of any of the vi

The Serbian media were incorrect when they called Stepinac an “Ustasha,” emphasized Serbian Orthodox Metropolitan Jovan Pavlović of Zagreb-Ljubljana and All of Italy in an interview for Jutarnji list.

We find ourselves before a pontificate that was one of the most fruitful, important and profoundly renewing in recent centuries, said Nuncio Lozano

“Our stamp thanks Pope John Paul II for everything he did for our Croatian state, for our Croatian nation and in gratitude to a person who truly believed in the good in each person and championed a genuine and better world order,” emphasized the president of the Croatian Postal Administration, Milan Skoblar

Expressions of condolence from the Jewish community in Croatia sent to the president of the Croatian Conference of Bishops on the occasion of the death of Pope John Paul II

It was a joy for him to make others joyful.

Thousands of people attended a prayer vigil in the Zagreb Cathedral with Cardinal Bozanić, Nuncio Lozano and Auxiliary Bishops Mrzljak and Pozaić. The Government of the Republic of Croatia has proclaimed April 4 and 5, as well as the day of the Pope’s funeral, as days of mourning in Croatia.

Thousands of people attended a prayer vigil in the Zagreb Cathedral with Cardinal Bozanić, Nuncio Lozano and Auxiliary Bishops Mrzljak and Pozaić. The Government of the Republic of Croatia has proclaimed April 4 and 5, as well as April 6, the day of the Pope’s funeral, as days of mourning in Croatia.

Expression of condolences from Serbian Orthodox Metropolitan Jovan Pavlović sent to the president of the Croatian Conference of Catholic Bishops, Cardinal Bozanić, on the occasion of the Pope’s death