ZAGREB, March 8 (Hina) - Croatian bishops, led by Archbishop of Zagreb and the President of the Croatian Bishops' Conference, Msgr. Josip Bozanic, on Monday flew to Rome on the "ad limina Apostolorum" visit to the Holy See. The
central event of their 8-13 March visit will be the meeting with Pope John Paul II. Croatia's bishops will also visit all dicasteries, congregations and councils of the Holy See and hold talks with their heads. During their meeting with the Pope, the bishops will discuss four treaties signed between Croatia and Vatican, and thanked the Holy Father for his pastoral and state visits to Croatia in September 1994 and October 1998 when he beatified Archbishop Alojz Stepinac. On Monday evening a book about Cardinal Stepinac will be promoted in Vatican. The book was written by Giampaulo Mattei, a journalists of the Vatican-based daily "L'Osservatore Romana", and published within the Martyrology of the co
ZAGREB, March 8 (Hina) - Croatian bishops, led by Archbishop of
Zagreb and the President of the Croatian Bishops' Conference, Msgr.
Josip Bozanic, on Monday flew to Rome on the "ad limina Apostolorum"
visit to the Holy See.
The central event of their 8-13 March visit will be the meeting with
Pope John Paul II.
Croatia's bishops will also visit all dicasteries, congregations
and councils of the Holy See and hold talks with their heads.
During their meeting with the Pope, the bishops will discuss four
treaties signed between Croatia and Vatican, and thanked the Holy
Father for his pastoral and state visits to Croatia in September
1994 and October 1998 when he beatified Archbishop Alojz Stepinac.
On Monday evening a book about Cardinal Stepinac will be promoted in
Vatican. The book was written by Giampaulo Mattei, a journalists of
the Vatican-based daily "L'Osservatore Romana", and published
within the Martyrology of the contemporary Church 'Quaderni'.
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