Msgr. Lacković was known to the general Catholic and Croatian public as the secretary of the Blessed Alojzije Stepinac during the Second World War.

"Deeply shaken by the mystery of evil, that spoke here with all its destructiveness, we, in the spirit of evangelical incentive which was provided by the Servant of God, Pope John Paul II, the founder of our diocese, on the occasion of the Great Jubilee, and the letter of the Croatian Conference of Bishops on the Fiftieth Anniversary of the End of the World War II, condemn every crime perpetrated by anyone whatsoever, under any flag whatsoever, and in the name of any goal whatsoever, and we sincerely mourn every victim," emphasized Bishop Škvorčević.

Contributions should be sent to the giro account of Croatian Caritas at Privredna banka Zagreb, No. 2340009-1100080340, Reference No. 07.

Hundreds of pilgrims, young and old, poured into the Zagreb cathedral on February 10, the Feast of the Blessed Cardinal Alojzije Stepinac, to visit the grave of the beatus and celebrate the Eucharist

We must guard against overemphasizing the privacy of religion, cautioned Cardinal Bozanić.

The 47th Theological-Pastoral Week, which has assembled several hundred participants, began on January 23. At the opening ceremonies, the High Chancellor of the Catholic School of Theology, Cardinal Bozanić said: As Christians we have a specific and active responsibility toward politics. On our journey toward the heavenly homeland, we live in our earthly homeland. We should be neither indifferent nor passive toward our earthly homeland because we all share the responsibility for building it.

Statements from the joint meeting of the Croatian Conference of Bishops and the Conference of Bishops of Bosnia and Herzegovina, at which particular attention was devoted to the questions and problems of Croatian foreign pastoral activity

Cardinal Franjo Šeper was the prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith from 1968 to 1981.

A special message from Pope Benedict XVI will be read during the Mass at the Zagreb cathedral to be held on Friday, January 5, at 6:00 p.m.