According to initial and still incomplete information, 58 archbishops and bishops will participate in the encounters with the Pope in Marija Bistrica, Split and Solin

Archbishop Josip Bozanić of Zagreb led Solemn Vespers in the Zagreb Cathedral

Croatian President Franjo Tudjman received program editors from Radio Vatican and the Vatican Television Center

In anticipation of the second visit by Pope John Paul II. to Croatia, the president of the Croatian Conference of Bishops, Archbishop Josip Bozanić of Zagreb, issued a statement to the press in which he explained the significance of this visit to the Croatian nation and the Church among the Croats

the deputy director of HPT — Croatian Post and Telecommunications, Mladen Šutalo, reported on HPT#!s role in the preparations for the forthcoming visit by Pope John Paul II to Croatia

At the Solemn Mass to be held in Marija Bistrica the Pope will be presented with two symbolic gifts

The Split-Makarska Diocese has printed a guide for the liturgical celebrations to be held with the Holy Father John Paul II in Split and Solin

The head of the Liturgical-Musical Subcommission of the Zagreb Archdiocese, Dr. Ivan Šaško, presented the liturgical portion of the encounter with Pope John Paul II

On the occasion of the second visit by Pope John Paul II to Croatia, an official web page on the Internet has been prepared

The president of the Croatian Conference of Bishops, Archbishop Josip Bozanić of Zagreb, gave his first interview since assuming the leadership of the Zagreb Archdiocese to Kvarnerski vez the monthly publication of the Krk Diocese