CATHOLIC CHURCH WANTS SERB ORTHODOX PRIESTS TO RETURN TO CROATIA

( Vidi vijest: 5310 ) VUKOVAR, 23 Oct (Hina) - Cardinal Franjo Kuharic on Thursday visited the destroyed Franciscan monastery and the church of St Philip and Jacob in Vukovar. Asked after the visit to comment on relations between the Catholic church and the Serb Orthodox church, Cardinal Kuharic said that the Croatian Bishops' Conference had set up a commission for relations with the Serb Orthodox church, adding the Serb Orthodox church was preparing a similar commission as well. 'During the whole war, we had several meetings at the highest level, but they did not yield the results we had wanted,' Kuharic said adding the Catholic church wanted Serb Orthodox priests to return to Croatia and take care of their faithful. (hina) mm rm 231942 MET oct 97