ZAGREB ARCHBISHOP BOZANIC HOLDS TALKS WITH PATRIARCH PAVLE

BELGRADE, Aug 6 (Hina) - Zagreb Archbishop and president of the Croatian Bishops' Conference Josip Bozanic on Sunday held talks with the head of the Serb Orthodox Church in Belgrade, Patriarch Pavle. After 40-minute talks, Pavle said he had spoken with Bozanic and other members of the Catholic Church as a man of Evangelistic faith, faith in Jesus Christ, in the Holy Trinity -- the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. "We have taken on the evangelistic principle we hold mutual: do onto others what you want to be done onto you. If this principle would be used more in the world, a lot less suffering would have to be endured, we would not need as many prisons, hospitals and other troubles," he said. Greeting Bozanic and members of the Croatian Bishops Conference, Patriarch Pavle wished all the faithful of the two churches justice, truth, peace and love. "I am especially glad to have met his holiness Pavle today," Monsignor Bozanic said. "We had an opportunity to speak with representatives of the Serb Orthodox Church and members of our episcopate about our two churches, about everything we are facing in the dawn of the third millennium. The faithful living together in this region expect our joint word," Bozanic said. We must find agreement on many things so we could help the faithful in life, he added. Also, he asserted, we feel that in the name of the Gospel we must express ourselves in the public often because we have joint stances and ideals, so it is necessary for our public to hear this. Bozanic added he hoped for further meetings and joint tasks. (hina) lml