ZAGREB'S ARCHBISHOP ON CROATIA'S SOCIAL FUTURE

ZAGREB, Feb 20 (Hina) - Zagreb's Archbishop Josip Bozanic on Tuesday night assessed that the basic principle of the development of social future in Croatia was the precedence of man over things, because man had an unalienable dignity. "Croatia's social future is our perspective, our true development and progress," Bozanic said opening a forum entitled "Croatia's Social Future", the first in a total of four forums being organised by the Centre for the Promotion of the Church's Social Teaching this year. The second principle used as inspiration for action in the principle of solidarity, Bozanic said. "One cannot allow for an individual or a community to be deprived of elementary elements of a dignified life because of a game of economic or political interests," he added. The following principle is the principle of subsidiary- this principle is important for the development of true democracy. It has a universal value and must be applied at all levels of associations and against numerous violations which may be done by the state, he said. The fourth principle is the laity of the state, Bozanic said, adding that the state was an advisory reality, and as such, it did not impose any special philosophical, theological or cultural concept on anyone. "These are elementary principles inspiring up while we think about Croatia's future and, as Christians, we want to live by them, giving our irreplaceable contribution to the creation of a social Croatia," Bozanic concluded. (hina) lml