Thousands of people attended a prayer vigil in the Zagreb Cathedral with Cardinal Bozanić, Nuncio Lozano and Auxiliary Bishops Mrzljak and Pozaić. The Government of the Republic of Croatia has proclaimed April 4 and 5, as well as April 6, the day of the Pope’s funeral, as days of mourning in Croatia.

Expression of condolences from Serbian Orthodox Metropolitan Jovan Pavlović sent to the president of the Croatian Conference of Catholic Bishops, Cardinal Bozanić, on the occasion of the Pope’s death

Mufti Omerbašić expressed his most sincere condolences to the president of the Croatian Conference of Bishops, Cardinal Bozanić, on the occasion of the death of the Holy Father

One of the brightest moral beacons of our age has been extinguished, a herald of peace and an advocate of the poor, emphasizes Bishop Škvorčević

Expressions of condolences from Military Bishop Jezerinac to Nunico Lozano on the occasion of the death of the founder of the Military Ordinariate in the Republic of Croatia

We are grateful to God that during our difficult trials it was precisely this Pope who was the Successor of St. Peter. The faithful of our diocese shall remain ever grateful to him for establishing a new episcopal see in these territories, emphasized Bishop Bogović.

The people of our region are particularly proud of the Pope’s third visit to Croatia and his visit to Rijeka. The Pope came to Croatia the third time with a message oriented toward the future. He urged us to open and approach the European Union but also called upon Europe to accept us, Archbishop Devčić noted.

This is also the Easter of the Holy Father John Paul II

We deeply believe that Jesus Christ has now brought his vicar, who proclaimed him with so much love, into His Father’s House, stated the archbishop of Zagreb to our agency