MASS SERVED IN KARANAC AFTER SIX YEARS

KARANAC, Aug 7 (Hina) - A mass was held in the village of Karanac in the UN-administered Baranja region in eastern Croatia for the first time in six years on Thursday. The mass, held in honour of St. Donat, the church's protector, was served by friar Vinko Dubravac. Present were some 100 displaced persons from Karanac who had arrived by buses from Osijek. "We are coming back with a full heart and with much love, to build coexistence with those who want it, and to help those who are in need", Dubravac told the present. There were 1,466 inhabitants in Karanac before the Serb aggression on Croatia, of whom 32 percent were Croats and 19 percent were Hungarians. About 400 residents were displaced. (hina) ha jn 071637 MET aug 97