BOSNIAN PRESIDENCY MEMBER ZELJKO KOMSIC MET WITH HEAD OF CATHOLIC CHURCH IN BOSNIA VINKO PULJIC

SARAJEVO, Bosnia (July 24,2008) - Bosnian State Presidency Member Željko Komšić met in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo with Head of the Catholic Church in Bosnia Cardinal Vinko Puljić.During the meeting,they talked about the relations between the Bosnian state and the Catholic Church in Bosnia, as well as about certain open issues concerning the Roman Catholic Church’s property in Bosnia.

Cardinal Puljić emphasized that he as a pontiff, and the entire Roman Catholic Church as well, seem to be receiving less and less support, even a lack of understanding of the competent Bosnian state institutions in relation to solving property and legal, particularly proprietary problems that the Roman Catholic Church has been facing.

He asked Bosnian Presidency Member Komšić to continue to help with his reputation and authority to solving concrete issues, for which he had not had an appropriate engagement.

During the meeting, they also discussed other issues in relation to the work of other religious communities in Bosnia.

Cardinal Puljić thanked Bosnian Presidency member Komšić for the previous overall engagement and understanding for the needs of the Catholic Church in Bosnia.
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