Pre-Christmas Press Conference held by Archbishop Josip Bozanić of Zagreb

Particular emphasis was placed on the need to renew the parish communities and the importance of Catholic religious education in schools, which provides a systematic manner of transmitting the whole of Catholic doctrine, while remaining in contact with the society and culture and encountering the increasingly pluralistic environment, including encounters with different philosophies and religions

The Holy Father John Paul II has appointed Msgr. Ivan Devčić, until now head of the College of Theology in Rijeka, as the archbishop of the Rijeka Archdiocese