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HR-BULLETIN-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 4835 HINA Zagreb 146 December 2002POPE RECEIVES CROATIAN PRESIDENTVATICAN, Dec 16 (Hina) - Pope John Paul II on Monday received Croatian President Stjepan Mesic after Croatia
presented the him with this year's Christmas tree. During the 15-minute audience, Mesic presented the Pope with a gold cross made especially for him and a silver gingerbread heart, as well as two Gerhard Ledic books, one dedicated to the Virgin Mary and one to other women. The Pope also received the President's wife and niece, and the other guests from the Croatian delegation, including the president of the government's commission for relations with religious communities, Goran Granic, and Agriculture Minister Bozidar Pankretic. John Paul II presented each with a rosary. The Pope took the opportunity to announce his third visit to Croatia in May or June next year. "Thank you once again for the Christmas tree you brought me. See you in Dubrovnik, Rijeka, Zadar