On January 11, through Dicastery for Integral Human Development, the Holy Father Francis donated 100 thousand euros in earthquake relief to Caritas Croatia for the residents of the stricken Banja region.

Message Issued by he Bishops of the Croatian Conference of Bishops at the Sixty-First Plenary Session of the CCB, held in Zagreb on January 18 and 19

On Tuesday, December 29, the Archbishop of Zagreb, Cardinal Josip Bozanić, appealed to everyone for solidarity toward those who have suffered the most and noted that the human heart is open to do good, reported HINA.

The earthquake that devastated Petrinja, Sisak and the environs took human lives, injured many and left ruins, fear and uncertainty. At the end of a year that tested us, both as individuals and a society, once again we find ourselves in a situation when it is most important to provide support, show solidarity and provide concrete assistance. 

The President of the Croatian Conference of Bishops, Archbishop Želimir Puljić of Zadar, issued a message of hope via Croatian Catholic Radio in the aftermath of the earthquake that occurred on December 29 at 12:19 p.m. The epicenter was near Petrinja.

On Thursday, November 12, Fra Gabrijel Badurina, a religious and priest of the Province of the Glagolitic Franciscans of the Third Order Regular, died in the Dubrava Clinical Hospital in Zagreb following a long illness at 85 years of age, having lived 68 years as a religious and 58 years as a priest.  

Following a meeting of representatives of the Croatian Conference of Bishops with representatives of the Government of the Republic of Croatia on Monday, October 19, the Government Public Relations Service and the Press Office of the CCB issued a joint statement, which we convey in its entirety.  

The episcopal ordination of Msgr. Milan Stipić as the Bishop of Križevci was held in Križevci on Saturday, October 17, outside the Greek Catholic Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity. 

Meetings of the Council for Life and the Family of the Croatian Conference of Bishops and the Arch/diocesan Commissioners for Family Pastoral Ministry

In Pope Francis’ third encyclical, Fratelli tutti (All Brothers), issued on the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, October 4, 2020, he quotes the Letter from the Croatian Conference of Bishops on the Fiftieth Anniversary of the End of the Second World War, signed on May 1, 1995, according to Fratellanza umana.