MOSTAR ORDINARIATE SENDS LETTER TO HIGH REPRESENTATIVE

MOSTAR, April 9 (Hina) - The Mostar Ordinariate on Tuesday voiced surprise with the expectation of the Office of the High representative (OHR) to Bosnia that Mostar-Duvno Bishop Ratko Peric or his envoy would participate in the visit of the Orthodox monastery in Zitomislic, a mosque in Stolac, a Jewish temple, as well as a monastery in Potoci. #L# A letter to High Representative Wolfgang Petritsch cited by Sarajevo's Catholic Press Agency, relays the message by the vice- chancellor of the Mostar Ordinariate, don Drazen Kutlesa. The letter says that during the time of rule of the High Representative on behalf of the international community, his office had "committed several systematic acts of injustice towards the Croat people in the political, economic and constitutional sense," and that Petritsch had several times publicly "insulted the local bishop", without ever apologising. "We do not wish to give any incentive to Catholics, members of the Croat people, to interpret the associating of any member of the Ordinariate with the places you mentioned, as approval by the Church of your insults and injustices towards our people," the letter reads. (hina) lml sb