The Croatian president has been requested to protest to the Austrian authorities that there was no mention of Vukovar or Croatia in the Austrian television script read during the Vienna Philharmonic's New Year's Day Concert regarding the course of the Danube River.

The archbishop presented his Christmas pastoral message entitled "And Dwelt among Us," encouraging prayer for priests, willingness to serve the community and co-responsibility in all the parishes and communities.

Msgr. Vlado Košić has been appointed as the bishop of Sisak and Msgr. Vjekoslav Huzjak as the bishop of Bjelovar-Križevci

In the current economic situation, the Croatian Conference of Bishops has decided to make a contribution to overcoming the current crisis in the amount of 18.5 million kunas from the funds provided to it in the 2010 budget.

Representatives of Caritas Croatia acquainted the Prime Minister of the Government of the Republic of Croatia with the Thousand Joys Christmas Campaign, which will collect money for the poorest families in Croatia this year.

A bilingual collection of the statements, press releases, appeals and reports issued by the Justice and Peace Commission of the Croatian Conference of Bishops since its founding in the year 1989 was presented in Zagreb.

The faithful and all citizens have the right to expect the President of the Republic to be exceptionally sensitive to social justice, to oppose everything that obstructs the genuine prosperity, progress and happiness of the Croatian people, ranging from corruption and economic fraud to the spread of the scourge of drugs and other addictions, especially among children and the young, state the bishops of the Croatian Conference of Bishops in their message on the upcoming election.