As believers, we pray to the Lord to bestow wisdom and prudence upon those who perform the responsible office of conducting negotiations so that they will recognize the riches and specific qualities of our nation and homeland and protect them in our common European home as a valuable heritage.

The Slovenian, Croatian and European spiritual and cultural community has grown from deep Christian roots. Christ is the ongoing inspiration for us to build our community and cooperate with him in our Nazarene family of European peoples, emphasized Archbishop Barišić at a celebration of the Mass at the Shrine of Marija Pomagaj (Mary of Perpetual Help) at which over 7,000 Croatian and Slovenian pilgrims assembled.

Presentation by Željko Tanjić and Gordan Črpić at the General Assembly of Justice and Peace Europe, Lisabon - September 23-25, 2005

“We refute the accusations made by Mrs. Carla Del Ponte against the Holy See and the Catholic Church in Croatia in their entirety and are of the opinion that they put forward a whole series of unacceptable theories that would even seem extraordinary for a colloquial conversation, not to mention for the high authority that she represents.”

In the Crypt Church of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. are the chapels of Our Lady of Bistrica and Our Lady, Queen of Peace, which were blessed in 1970 by the former archbishop of Zagreb of blessed memory, Cardinal Franjo Kuharić.

The Cardinal presented the project of the Catholic University in Zagreb.

The cardinal visited the headquarters of the United States Conference of Bishops and the Holocaust Memorial Museum

During the celebration of the Mass, Cardinal Bozanić expressed his compassion for the suffering victims of Hurricane Katrina, especially those in New Orleans