The cross will be displayed on the stage of the Croatian National Theater during the Pope's encounter with persons from public life, culture, science, politics, business, sports, representatives of religious communities and the diplomatic corps.

Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor expressed deep gratitude to the Hospitaller Order of St. John of God for the project of opening one of the most modern hospitals for mentally ill patients in the region, which will have 143 beds, of which 40 are intended for palliative care.

The Pope certainly feels at home in Croatia, said the Director of the Holy See Press Office and Radio Vatican in the introduction to this week's Octava dies, a program of the Vatican Television Center