Vatican City, 30 October 2012 (VIS) – “The Holy See and Croatia: twenty years of intense relations” was the theme of a conference held yesterday in the Vatican to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Holy See and the Republic of Croatia.Speaking at the event Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, secretary for Relations with States, recalled that “in the year 879, in the same month of June in which modern Croatia annually celebrates its independence, Pope John VIII addressed a letter to Prince Branimir informing him that he had raised prayers to the Lord in order that ‘principatum terrenum, quem habes, prospere et securiter reggere possis’. … These strong ties between Croatia and the Holy See have not diminished over the centuries.
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THE HOLY SEE AND CROATIA: TWENTY YEARS OF INTENSE RELATIONS
