BOSNIAN, CROATIAN BISHOPS TO MEET IN MARCH

MOSTAR, Feb 26 (Hina) - The Bosnian Catholic Church primate, cardinal Vinko Puljic, has announced the Bosnian and Croatian bishops' conferences would convene for a conference in Sarajevo on March 6. Puljic made the announcement in Mostar on Tuesday, at the start of a three-day session of the Bosnian Bishops' Conference. The Sarajevo conference will address "joint projects," he said. Speaking about the Mostar meeting, Puljic said the Bosnian Bishops' Conference would address last year's work, the Bosnian Catholic Press Agency, and the Sarajevo Vrhbosanska radio station, which broadcasts under the auspices of the Catholic Church. Puljic also announced a debate on the latest Austrian Bishops' Conference initiative to organise a Catholic day of bishops' conferences of central and eastern Europe. Attending the Mostar meeting, besides all Bosnian bishops, are guests from Croatia - Split-Dalmatia archbishop Marin Barisic, Yugoslavia - Kotor bishop Ilija Janjic, and Italy - Trieste bishop Eugenio Ravigani, and the apostolic nuncio to Bosnia, Giuseppe Leanza. "We are expressing the unity of our Church in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the unity with our Churches in neighbouring states and with the Holy See," said Puljic. (hina) ha sb