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

There is no abuse at the children’s home in Brezovica.

Bishop Hranić, in a statement on the occasion of the election of Cardinal Ratzinger as Pope, pointed out he had been one of the most open cardinals toward the media and that it was primarily thanks to him that the media were able to cover the cardinals’ entry into the Conclave.

“On the path of Benedict XV and John Paul II, this Pope will continue to build the community of the Church and the world.”