I come with joy, without prejudice, and with an open heart to all the citizens of Croatia and Slovenia. I will be sincerely ready for dialogue with all who are well-intentioned. I will respect the freedom of all above all, and dialogue, forgiveness and reconciliation shall be the principles that I will try to apply in practice, because I profoundly believe that these are the values that spring from the very heart of Christ's gospel and affect each of us, but also all of us together, said the Serbian Orthodox Metropolitan.

It is impossible to deal with the structures of sin through populist and cosmetic measures, warned Cardinal Josip Bozanić in an interview for Večernji list

The Croatian bishops have decided to donate 12 million HRK in assistance to the flood victims. The bishops thank everyone who has participated in the campaign to help the victims and urge the faithful and all people of good will to continue contributing to the relief effort.

"I wish you abundant blessings from God. May you convey the best that Croatia has to offer the world" said Cardinal Bozanić to the football players.

"Through our institutions, parishes and priests, we will remain with these people until life is completely normal. We'll leave it up to those who are ready to help to do the big things that are beyond us as the Church but we can help with the many little things of daily life, and we will do that," said Archbishop Hranić

The duty and task of all, particularly those in power, are to promote and accelerate growth and development, which will create new jobs.

Pavao, Jakov and Antun Branković purchased this Christian holy place from the Turkish Muslim authorities 333 years ago and entrusted it to the Franciscans in the Holy Land.