CARDINAL PULJIC AND BISHOP KOMARICA MEET BILJANA PLAVSIC

( Editorial: --> 7690 ) ZAGREB/BANJA LUKA, July 14 (Hina)- The archbishop of Sarajevo, Vinko Puljic, and the bishop of Banja Luka, Franjo Komarica, met on Tuesday in Banja Luka with the president of Republika srpska, Biljana Plavsic to discuss potential venues for the activities of the Catholic church in the territory of the RS, the news agency of the Croatian bishops' conference reports. Cardinal Puljic asked the RS president to enable him to freely conduct his pastoral activities and visit the flock in the territory of the Serb entity and his bishops to work freely in areas under their jurisdiction. The archbishop also stressed the need for an urgent construction of worship facilities in areas where the churches have been destroyed. The RS president showed understanding for the Cardinal's pleas and promised her personal support. Komarica, the bishop of Banja Luka, asked president Plavsic to use her authority to streamline the investigations of the abduction of priests and ensure restitution of monasteries, churches and rectories to the Catholic communities. Biljana Plavsic promised to instruct relevant ministries and the RS Government to shortly address all the pleas and objections that were voiced by Cardinal Puljic and bishop Komarica, KTA reports. (Hina) as mr 142049 MET jul 98