DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER RADIC, BISHOP BOZANIC, LEAVE FOR ROME

ZAGREB, May 18 (Hina) - Croatian Deputy Prime Minister Jure Radic and the Bishop of Krk, Josip Bozanic, today left for Rome where they are to discuss the relations between the Catholic Church and the Republic of Croatia with senior Vatican officials. The pair is to meet the Vatican secretary for relations with governments, Monsignor Jean-Louis Tauran. Radic and Bozanic are also to take part in a Croatian pilgrimate to Loretto, led by the Archbishop of Sarajevo, Cardinal Vinko Puljic. "These talks are expected to promote the development of harmonious relations between the Republic of Croatia and the Holy See, and contribute to the process of defining the relations between Church and state," Minister Radic's office said in a statement. (hina) mm as 181102 MET may 95