BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO.4839 HINA Zagreb, 20 December 2002

HR-POLITICS-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO.4839 HINA Zagreb, 20 December 2002 ARCHBISHOP BOZANIC ON ROLE OF CHURCH IN SOCIAL SOLIDARITYZAGREB, Dec 20 (Hina) - The role of the Church includes also the promotion of solidarity, particularly towards the most deprived social categories, Zagreb Archbishop Josip Bozanic said on Friday, adding that Croatia had to fight poverty on its own, without expecting foreign assistance. "It is necessary to adopt laws which will protect common well-being and prevent corruption, which is the most important problem in our society, and against which the most responsible ones are doing nothing to fight," Bozanic said at today's Christmas news conference. Asked if a recent meeting between Croatian President Stjepan Mesic and the Holy See's Secretary-General, Angelo Sodano, included discussions about the Vatican's assistance to Croatia regarding its admission to the European Union, Bozanic said he had not attended any meeting between a state delegat