MARIJA BISTRICA, 15 Aug (Hina) - More than 50,000 pilgrims on Friday visited the sanctuary of Marija Bistrica on the occasion of the Assumption. A special religious celebration dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary and Jesus was
conducted by the parish priest Msgr Lovro Cindori and Cardinal Franjo Kuharic.
MARIJA BISTRICA, 15 Aug (Hina) - More than 50,000 pilgrims on
Friday visited the sanctuary of Marija Bistrica on the occasion
of the Assumption.
A special religious celebration dedicated to the Blessed
Virgin Mary and Jesus was conducted by the parish priest Msgr
Lovro Cindori and Cardinal Franjo Kuharic. #L#
We pray for every family, child and man, for the liberation
from evil and for the awakening of consciousness so that good
could win and man could return to his Redeemer Jesus Christ,
Cardinal Kuharic said at the beginning of the celebration.
Jesus Christ, the son of Our Lady, paid for man's salvation
in his pain on the cross, becoming a victor over evil and sin,
Kuharic said, adding that every sin can be forgiven since it had
been washed by Jesus' blood.
Today's pressure on a Christian's conscience is great,
there is a climate of evil and evil is engulfing the world,
Kuharic said. Man must choose clean conscience and good with all
of his heart because today's life is a struggle between good and
evil, light and darkness, Kuharic said in his address.
The holiday of Assumption was celebrated in towns all over
Croatia on Friday.
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