Davor Trbušić, Author at Crux

Croatians fear Serbians may try to block Stepinac canonization

A working group between the Catholic Church and the Serbian Orthodox Church has concluded its work looking into the life of Blessed Aloysius Stepinac, a Croatian cardinal. After a year’s work, they have agreed to disagree. Now it’s up to Pope Francis to decide if the canonization can proceed.

Croats try to persuade Serbs there’s no smoking gun on Stepinac

As a joint working group between Serbs and Croats studies the life of the wartime Cardinal Alojzije Stepinac, the Croats are starting to wonder what it’s going to take to persuade the Serbs that there are no hidden secrets or new facts waiting to emerge which would tarnish Stepinac’s legacy.

Vatican prelate backs controversial WWII-era saint to be

In front of the Croatian press, the Vatican’s Cardinal Gerhard Muller expressed hope that all the “lies and smears” about Cardinal Alojzije Stepinac, a stumbling block in a relationship between the Catholic Church in Croatia and the Serbian Orthodox Church, will be overcome.

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