FINAL PLAN FOR POPE'S VISIT TO CROATIA

( Editorial: --> 3099 ) ZAGREB, June 23 (Hina) - The final plan for the visit by Pope John Paul II to Croatia was presented at Tuesday's session of the papal visit committee by its chairman Deputy Premier Jure Radic. The Pope will visit Croatia from 2-4 October this year. The main points of the final plan include a meeting with youth in Zagreb on Friday, 2 October. On Saturday, 3 October a mass will be held at the Marija Bistrica shrine, northern Croatia, at which the Pope will beatify Cardinal Alojzija Stepinac. On that same day, in the afternoon, the Pope will be received on a state visit by President Franjo Tudjman. On Sunday, 4 October the Pope will visit Split, which is celebrating its 1700th anniversary. He will hold mass at Znjana and in the afternoon, before returning to the Vatican, will have a prayer meeting with youth in Solin. (hina) as bag 231425 MET jun 98