CARDINAL KUHARIC MEETS DISPLACED CROATS FROM KNIN

ZAGREB, Feb 4 (Hina) - The Zagreb Archbishop, Cardinal Franjo Kuharic, Saturday met expelled Croats from Knin (UNPA South), now accommodated in the Sibenik area. The meeting took place in Zagreb's Church of St. Blaise. Cardinal Kuharic blessed the gathered displaced people from Knin and asked them to "preserve dignity and the family union" during their life in exile. He advised them to await the return to home and solutions to their problem keeping faith all the time. Cardinal Kuharic reiterated that Church did its best that the displaced people would not become desperate waiting for their return. They should hold a hope based on political decisions made by Croatia's and international authorities. Cardinal Kuharic was interested in the life of the Knin displaced people. Friar Luka Delic told him there were now about 2,700 displaced persons from the Knin parish and 1,360 from the Kijevo parish. Friar Delic added that the Serbs in the temporarily occupied Croatian areas had destroyed the Church and Monastery of St. Antonio and the Church of St. Ana, and had inflicted damage to the Church of St. Jacob in Knin. (hina) mms 041802 MET feb 95