Winners of the Catechism Olympics in Croatia presented the Holy Father with a 40 x 30 cm papal coat-of-arms, painstakingly embroidered from agave fibers by Benedictine nuns on the island of Hvar

We want the authorized and responsible agencies to establish the truth and issue a ruling as soon as possible, based upon the ongoing investigation. In advance, with a heart full of pain, we condemn the evil that is being discussed, insofar as it was perpetrated.

There was discussion on the Convention for Entrusting Parish Clerical Institutions Devoted to the Activity and Societies of Apostolic Life and Concern for Spiritual Callings

A dual-language catechism, “On God’s Path. My Little Catechism,” in the Rome languages of Lovar and Bayah, published by the Committee of the Croatian Conference of Bishops for Pastoral Activity among Romes, prepared by the head of the Committee, S. Karolina Miljak, was hailed as a significant catechism as well as a publishing and cultural event.

The Croatian bishops discussed pastoral work among the young, Romes, persons deprived of their freedom, spiritual guidance in hospitals, Croatian Caritas, the proclamation of Holy Childhood Day, and the return of church registries of births, marriages and deaths that were illegally confiscated from the Catholic Church under communism.

Croatian Bishops Meet with Prime Minister Ivo Sanader and Minister Božo Biškupić

"It is expected that candidates in the elections should be sensitive to national interests and national identity, and demonstrate particular concern for human dignity, respect for human life from natural conception to natural death, and the rights of every person, especially the weak and endangered," wrote the Croatian bishops in their message.

Statement by the Justitia et Pax Commission of the Croatian Conference of Bishops on the dignity of the wards and staffs of children’s homes in Croatia