BANJA LUKA, March 31 (Hina) - Roman Catholic Bishop of Banja Luka,Msgr. Franjo Komarica, has won the award of the Berlin-based 'CentreAgainst Persecution" foundation for 2005, the Office of the Banja LukaDiocese reported on Thursday
evening.
BANJA LUKA, March 31 (Hina) - Roman Catholic Bishop of Banja Luka,
Msgr. Franjo Komarica, has won the award of the Berlin-based 'Centre Against
Persecution" foundation for 2005, the Office of the Banja Luka Diocese reported
on Thursday evening. According to a letter which a member of the
German parliament, Erika Steinbach, sent to the dignitary, the foundation's
committee unanimously decided to bestow the human rights award on Bishop
Komarica.
Komarica will receive the award and 10,000 euros at a ceremony,
scheduled for 25 June, in St. Paul's Church in Frankfurt.