Thank you for this visit, by which you responded to our repeated requests and, thus, have expressed your pastoral concern for the Church in Croatia. We thank you for everything you are doing for us, for the love that you are showing us, said Cardinal Bozanić in his address of welcome to the Pope.

Readings, Prayers of the Faithful, Bearing of Gifts and Communicants

"Young friends: do not let yourselves be led astray by enticing promises of easy success, by lifestyles which regard appearances as more important than inner depth. Do not yield to the temptation of putting all your trust in possessions, in material things, while abandoning the search for the truth which is always "greater," which guides us like a star high in the heavens to where Christ would lead us. Let it guide you to the very heights of God!" said the Pope in his address to young people during the Prayer Vigil at Ban Jelačić Square.

The central theme of the Pope's address was conscience.