by Dr. Franjo Komarica

Original title: U OBRANI OBESPRAVLJENIH

Documents selected by: Ivica Bozinovic M.A.
Copyright: Bishop's Ordinary of Banja Luka
Publishers: Bishop's Ordinary of Banja Luka, Croatian Heritage Foundation
For the publisher: Ivica Bozinovic, M.A.
Editor: Aleksander Ravlic
Translators: Snjezana Pezer, Bruna Saric
Language Editor: Bruna Saric
Graphic Editor: Gorana Benic Hudjin
Cover: Aleksander Ravlic
Printed by: TARGA Zagreb
Copies printed: 2000
ISBN 953-6525-06-02

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION BY CARDINAL VINKO PULJIC, ARRCHBISHOP OF THE VRHBOSNA METROPOLY

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

I. WITH THE BROTHERS OF THE EPISCOPACY

• THE DANGERS OF THE VIOLENT IMPOSITION OF COMMUNIST DICTATORSHIP
  
• IN HARMONY TOWARDS GENERAL RENEWAL
  
• DECISIVE PROTEST AGAINST THE VIOLATION OF THE PERSONAL, NATIONAL AND RELIGIOUS DIGNITY OF PEOPLE
  
• THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE AGGRESSION AGAINST B-H IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE
  
• IN CHRIST WE RESOLVE THE MYSTERY OF PAIN
  
• MORE THAN HALF THE CATHOLICS IN B-H DISPLACED
  
• “WE CANNOT AGREE TO THE LOSS OF MORE THAN HALF THE ORGANISED CATHOLIC CHURCH IN B-H”
  
• CATHOLICS ARE WILLING AND CAPABLE OF A COEXISTENCE
  
• THE HUMAN RIGHT TO LIFE AND COEXISTENCE
  
• THE DISPLACED AND HUMILIATED AWAIT THE DAYS OF TOTAL FREEDOM
  
• “THIS WAR IS AN ACCUSATION AGAINST MODERN CIVILISATION”
  
• INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS MUST PROTECT THE INDEPENDENCE AND FREEDOM OF EVERY INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED STATE
  
• KILLING WITH WEAPONS AND HUNGER
  
• FOR THE CONSISTENT IMPLEMENTATION OF AGREEMENTS REACHED
  
• THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF THE POPE’S VISIT IS ANOTHER PAINFUL EVENT IN A SERIES OF SO MANY
  
• WE CANNOT ACCEPT THAT WE MUST DISAPPEAR
  
• “WE ARE DEEPLY SADDENED BY THE NEGLIGENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL COMMUNITY”
  
• TRUE PEACE MAY ONLY BE ACHIEVED BY TRUE PEACEMAKERS
  
• “WE PRAY FOR THE INNOCENT VICTIMS OF THIS CENTURY IN OUR REGION”
  
• ONCE AGAIN WE EXPRESS OUR SOLIDARITY WITH ALL THOSE RIGHTLESS PEOPLE
  
• THE PEACE ACCORD CONTAINS SOME ODD CONTRADICTIONS AND FATAL INSECURITIES!

II. TO THE CLERGY AND THE FAITHFUL

• DO WE WANT PEACE OR WAR?
  
• THE GOD OF PEACE BE WITH YOU ALL
  
• “DO NOT BE AFRAID FOR I AM WITH YOU!” (Jn 6:20)
  
• DO NOT SUCCUMB TO THE LIES, SLANDER & DECEIT WHICH ARE BEING SPREAD BY THE PUBLIC MEDIA
  
• “YOU ARE PREPARED TO SUFFER EVIL, RATHER THAN TO BRING IT UPON OTHERS”
  
• MORE THAN BREAD AND CLOTH WE NEED THE SPIRIT OF GOD
  
• WITHOUT RESPECT FOR GOD’S HONOUR THERE IS NO JUST PEACE AMONGST MEN
  
• “WITHOUT ME, YOU CAN DO NOTHING” (Jn 15:5)
  
• WE WAITED FOR THE HOLY FATHER AND WELCOMED HIM
  
• “ALWAYS LOOK AHEAD!” - (John Paul II)
  
• “THE KINDNESS AND LOVE OF GOD OUR SAVIOUR FOR HUMANITY WAS REVEALED!” (Tit 3:4)
  
• “BE WITNESSES AND BUILDERS OF PEACE” (John Paul II)
  
• “THERE IS NO NEED TO BE AFRAID LITTLE FLOCK, FOR IT HAS PLEASED YOUR FATHER TO GIVE YOU THE KINGDOM!” (Lk 12:32)
  
• BY SUFFERING AND EMBRACING THE CROSS, TO THE CELEBRATION EASTER!
  
• GOD DOES NOT FORGET HIS OWN
  
• OUR LADY WILL NOT IGNORE THE PRAYERS OF HER PEOPLE
  
• THE DIRECT RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL THE EVENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED LIES WITH THE ORGANISER OF THE SAID EVENTS
  
• PRAISE TO GOD - PEACE TO ALL MEN

III. TO CHURCH HEADS

• ATTACKS AGAINST CATHOLIC PRIESTS, NUNS, THE FAITHFUL AND CHURCH BUILDINGS IN THE BANJA LUKA DIOCESE
  
• REV. ZVONIMIR MATIJEVIC, GLAMOC PARISH PRIEST, SERIOUSLY PHYSICALLY MALTREATED WAITING TO BE EXCHANGED IN THE KNIN HOSPITAL
  
• IT IS NOT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO ATTEND THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE FROM 27 TO 29 APRIL 1992
  
• ARMED ATTACK ON THE CONVENT IN BOSANSKI ALEKSANDROVAC
  
• POLICE INSPECTED CONVENT IN BOSANSKI ALEKSANDROVAC
  
• "WITH ALL MY MIGHT I WISH TO PRESERVE THE LIVES AND PROPERTY OF OUR COMMUNITIES”
  
• “I AM TOTALLY BLOCKADED AND CANNOT LEAVE!”
  
• THE DRAMATIC SITUATION OF THE SISTERS OF “THE ADORERS OF THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST” AT THE CONVENT IN NOVA TOPOLA
  
• “WE CARRY THE DEATH OF JESUS IN OUR BODIES”
  
• “MAY THE HEAVENLY FATHER BE CELEBRATED THROUGH THE SUFFERING OF CHRIST’S FAITHFUL HERE”
  
• “I WILL DO EVERYTHING TO PROTECT MY PRIESTS AND THE FAITHFUL”
  
• “I SUCCEEDED IN VISITING A FEW PARISHES!”
  
• “MAY GOD GIVE US STRENGTH FOR FURTHER ENDURANCE”
  
• “WE SHOULD PREPARE A MEETING OF EPISCOPES & BISHOPS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE”
  
• “WE PRAY, SUFFER, COMFORT AND SHARE IN THE NATION’S PAIN”
  
• “WE CAN NEITHER LEAVE NOR STAY”
  
• “WE MET WITH C. VANCE & D. OWEN
  
• “THE SITUATION IS VERY DRAMATIC IN SEVERAL PARISHES”
  
• ANXIETY AND HOPE ARE CONTINUALLY INTERCHANGING
  
• "I VISITED MANY OF OUR PARISHES WITH THE LOCAL CARITAS”
  
• OUR PARAGON KILLED - A PRIEST, A TRUE MARTYR!
  
• DO EVERYTHING IN YOUR POWER TO PREVENT THE DEMOLITION OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH IN KARLOVAC (IF INDEED SOMEONE INTENDS TO DO SO)
  
• THE PEOPLE CONTINUE TO BE IN A STATE OF PANIC AND ARE SEARCHING FOR REFUGE
  
• WE HAVE NOT YET BEEN BROKEN IN SPIRIT
  
• WE HAVE NOT WRITTEN OURSELVES OFF NOR DO WE INTEND TO BE!
  
• THE WISH TO CONTINUE WITH OFFICIAL MEETINGS OF THE COMBINED COMMISSION OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THE SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH HAS BEEN EXPRESSED
  
• THE AUTHORITIES KEEP PROMISING, BUT HAVE ACCOMPLISHED VIRTUALLY NOTHING
  
• MY VISIT HAMPERED BY TRUE CALAMITIES
  
• HOLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR NOT HAVING FORGOTTEN US!
  
• YOUR HOLINESS, WHAT CAN WE DO TO CELEBRATE GOD EVEN, AMONGST THE MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH IN MY DIOCESE?
  
• OUR PEOPLE ARE BEING USED AS A LIVING SHIELD
  
• TWO EPISCOPES OF THE SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR WISH TO MEET WITH THE CATHOLIC BISHOPS IN CROATIA
  
• FOR THREE FULL YEARS, THROUGH NO FAULT OF OUR OWN, WE HAVE ENDURED THE TRAGEDIES FACED BY OUR HOMELAND
  
• PLEASE SEE THAT THE EPISCOPES OF THE SOC OBTAIN PERMITS TO VISIT THEIR DIOCESES IN CROATIA!
  
• THE EXPULSION OF THE LAST REMAINING NUNS FROM THEIR CONVENTS IN BOSANSKI ALEKSANDROVAC & NOVA TOPOLA
  
• HOLY FATHER, OUR AGONY IS REACHING ITS CULMINATION!
  
• WE CONTINUE TO BE TORN APART BY THE FORCES OF EVIL
  
• ONE BY ONE, OUR PARISHES ARE DYING THROUGH FORCE AND LAWLESSNESS
• I CONSIDER IT MY DUTY TO STAY HERE, IN THE CENTRE OF MY DIOCESE
  
• DESPITE COMPLETE UNCERTAINTY, WE REMAIN STEADFAST IN FAITH AND HOPE
  
• STILL UNDER HOUSE ARREST
  
• WE ARE STANDING BY OUR DECISION TO REMAIN HERE
  
• PLEASE DO WHAT YOU CAN TO ENSURE ELECTRICITY SUPPLIES BE RESTORED TO THE BANJA LUKA REGION
  
• MY DIOCESE HAS BEEN REDUCED TO “RELIQUAE RELIQUIARUM”
  
• WE HAVE BEEN LEFT TO THE MERCY OF VIOLENCE AND LAWLESSNESS
  
• HOLY FATHER, I AM DEEPLY MOVED BY YOUR FATHERLY LOVE AND YOUR LASTING SOLIDARITY WITH US!
  
• WE CANNOT JUST LOOK ON AND REMAIN SILENT WHILE OTHERS DECIDE OUR FUTURE

IV. TO REPRESENTATIVES OF OTHER RELIGIONS

• HELP US TO END THE GOLGOTHA OF OUR IMPRISONED PRIESTS
  
• “MANY OF OUR CHURCH BUILDINGS HAVE SUFFERED, THE FAITHFUL ARE UNCERTAIN OF THEIR FUTURE”
  
• “UNSCRUPULOUS VANDALS AND DESTROYERS HAVE APPEARED IN OUR TOWN TOO!”
  
• WE REQUEST A MEETING WITH SOMEONE FROM THE HOLY SYNOD OF THE SOC
  
• RAISE YOUR VOICE ONCE MORE AND PROTECT US!

V. JOINT APPEALS BY RELIGIOUS LEADERS IN BANJA lUKA

• “LET US SAVE PEACE ! LET US NOT ALLOW THE WAR TO SPREAD!”
  
• STOP THE WINDS OF WAR OUTSIDE OUR BORDERS!
  
• URGENT JOINT APPEAL FOR MUTUAL APPRECIATION AND RECIPROCAL CONCESSIONS
  
• WE CONDEMN ALL CRIMES AND ASK FOR PROTECTION FOR THE UNPROTECTED!

VI. TO LOCAL POLITICIANS

• ANOTHER ARMED ATTACK ON THE PASTORAL CENTRE IN THE BANJA LUKA PARISH OF BUDZAK
  
• THE ABDUCTION OF REV. R. GRGIC, PARISH PRIEST IN NOVA TOPOLA, THE BESTIAL ABUSE OF CATHOLIC NUNS AND THE ENDANGERING OF CONVENT PROPERTY IN NOVA TOPOLA
  
• ARMED ATTACK ON THE “MARJANOVAC” CONVENT IN BOSANSKI ALEKSANDROVAC
  
• CONTINUED UNCERTAINTY AND INCREASING RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AGAINST THE CATHOLIC POPULATION OF THE BANJA LUKA MUNICIPALITY
  
• STOP THE VIOLENCE AGAINST MEMBERS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND ITS PROPERTY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF PRNJAVOR
  
• FORCED EXPULSION OF CATHOLICS FROM THE PARISH OF DOLINA BY THE MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES
  
• STOP ANY FURTHER CRIMES AGAINST UNPROTECTED CATHOLICS IN THE LJUBIJA REGION (MUNICIPALITY OF PRIJEDOR)!
  
• FIFTEEN CATHOLIC CHURCHES ALREADY DESTROYED IN REGIONS OUTSIDE WAR ZONES - WHY?
  
• CONTINUED CRIME AGAINST MEMBERS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE BOSANSKA KRAJINA REGION
  
• WHY AREN’T YOU TAKING DECISIVE MEASURES TO PROTECT YOUR PEACE LOVING CATHOLIC CITIZENS, RELIGIOUS OFFICIALS AND BUILDINGS IN THE REGION OF BOSANSKA KRAJINA?
  
• THE DRAMATIC DETERIORATION IN THE SITUATION FACED BY THE CATHOLICS IN THE BOSANSKA KRAJINA REGION
  
• PREVENT THE UNLAWFUL CONFISCATION OF CHURCH PROPERTY IN THE PARISH OF PRIJEDOR
  
• PARISH CHURCH IN KLJUC MINED ON ORDERS FROM THE AUTHORITIES
  
• MORE FREQUENT ATTACKS ON RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS AND AN EVEN MORE DRAMATIC SITUATION FOR THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE REGION OF THE BANJA LUKA MUNICIPALITY
  
• MINING AND DESTRUCTION OF THE SACRED HEART CHURCH IN SURKOVAC (NEAR LJUBIJA) AND THE DRAMA FACED BY THE CATHOLICS IN THE PRIJEDOR MUNICIPALITY CONTINUES
  
• THREATS AGAINST THE LIFE OF THE BISHOP ON THE INCREASE
  
• LATEST ARMED ATTACK AGAINST THE AFFILIATE CHURCH IN THE BANJA LUKA SUBURB OF THE NOVAKOVICI - PETRICEVAC PARISH
  
• SITUATION STILL SERIOUS AND UNCERTAIN FOR THE CATHOLIC FAITHFUL IN THE BANJA LUKA MUNICIPALITY, FOR HOW LONG?
  
• LATEST KILLINGS AND ATTACKS ON STAFF MEMBER AND ON CATHOLIC COMMUNITY PROPERTY IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF BANJA LUKA AND LAKTASI
  
• CHRISTMAS “HUNT” FOR CATHOLIC MEN
  
• FREQUENT PHYSICAL ATTACKS AND PRESSURE IMPOSED ON CATHOLICS TO LEAVE THE BANJA LUKA MUNICIPALITY
  
• SYSTEMATIC DESTRUCTION OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN BANJA LUKA IS CONTINUING(?)
  
• ON THE TERRITORY OF YOUR MUNICIPALITY, THE LAST REMAINING CATHOLIC NUNS HAVE BEEN ABDUCTED AND EXPELLED FROM THEIR ANCIENT HEARTHS
  
• WHERE ARE MY FORCEFULLY ABDUCTED FAITHFUL?
  
• WE ARE CONFUSED BY THE FACT THAT GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ARE ALLOWING THESE CRIMES AGAINST BLAMELESS CITIZENS
  
• WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CARE OF THE LOCAL CATHOLICS WHO HAVE BEEN VIOLENTLY AND LAWLESSLY EVICTED FROM THEIR HOMES IN THE BANJA LUKA MUNICIPALITY?
  
• WHAT IS TO HAPPEN TO THE CONFISCATED CHURCH BUILDINGS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF LAKTASI?
  
• WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF THE REMAINING CATHOLICS AND THE ILLEGALLY CONFISCATED PROPERTY BELONGING TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE PARISH AND CONVENT IN NOVA TOPOLA?
  
• A LARGE NUMBER OF CATHOLICS IN THE REGION OF THE BANJA LUKA MUNICIPALITY STILL FACE AN ENTIRELY UNCERTAIN FUTURE

VII. TO POLITICIANS IN THE “REPUBLIKA SRPSKA”

• “WE CANNOT AND MUST NOT ASSENT TO ANY FORM OF ETHNIC CLEANSING NOR TO THE PERMANENT OPPRESSION OF BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS”
  
• CONSTANT OPPRESSION AND GREAT UNCERTAINTY FOR THE CATHOLICS IN THE REGION OF BOSANSKA KRAJINA - TILL WHEN?
  
• “DO NOT BE THE ONES TO BLAME FOR OUR MISFORTUNES”
  
• ONCE AGAIN I MUST RAISE MY VOICE AGAINST THE LATEST CRIMES AGAINST CATHOLICS IN THE BOSANSKA GRADISKA MUNICIPALITY
  
• DO OUR ORTHODOX BROTHERS TRULY WISH TO DESTROY THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THESE REGIONS?
  
• UNDERTAKE EFFECTIVE MEASURES TO STOP THE KILLING OF BLAMELESS PEOPLE!
  
• PARISH CHURCH IN SASINA NEAR SANSKI MOST MINED - ARMED ATTACK ON CHURCH BUILDINGS IN THE BANJA LUKA MUNICIPALITY
  
• CONSTANT PERIL TO THE LIVES AND PROPERTY OF CATHOLICS - THE LAW OF VIOLENCE AND THE STRONGER STILL REIGNS!
  
• DO SOMETHING TO STOP THE VIOLENCE AGAINST CATHOLICS
  
• I CAN ONLY EXPRESS MY ASTONISHMENT AND REGRET AT YOUR LETTER
  
• I MOST ENERGETICALLY PROTEST AGAINST THE SERIOUS CRIMES BEING COMMITTED AGAINST THE REMAINING CATHOLIC CLERGY AND THEIR PROPERTY
  
• ALLOW US ACCESS TO OUR CONVENTS IN NOVA TOPOLA AND BOSANSKI ALEKSANDROVAC
  
• TRAGIC ATTACKS AGAINST OFFICIALS AND PROPERTY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE BANJA LUKA REGION - CONTINUATION OF PLANNED DESTRUCTION OF THE BANJA LUKA DIOCESE!
  
• YOU ARE CERTAINLY AWARE OF WHY THE BANJA LUKA DIOCESE IN THE REGION OF THE RS IS BEING SYSTEMATICALLY DESTROYED
  
• VIOLENT DEATH OF A PRIEST AND NUN
  
• “A TRUE POGROM IS IN FORCE AGAINST MEMBERS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH”
  
• TO WHOM - EXCEPT TO US IN THE CHURCH - CAN THE CATHOLICS IN THE BANJA LUKA REGION TURN TO FOR PROTECTION AGAINST VIOLENT EXPULSION
  
• THE UNCALLED FOR ETHNIC CLEANSING OF CATHOLICS IN BANJA LUKA CONTINUES ON ORDERS ISSUED BY OFFICIAL BODIES
  
• THE AUTHORITIES ARE RADICALLY ERADICATING THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THIS REGION - WHY?
  
• SHELTER FOR DISPLACED PERSONS AND REFUGEES ON PREMISES OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH ON THE TERRITORY OF THE RS - WE NEED (AT LEAST) MINIMAL PROTECTION
  
• ASSISTANCE TO THE LOCAL POPULATION DEPENDS ON YOU - THE POLITICIANS
  
• THE CURRENT AUTHORITIES OF THE RS WILL BEAR FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE VIOLENT ABDUCTION OF PARISH PRIEST MATANOVIC

VIII. TO POLITICIANS REPRESENTING THE CROATIAN PEOPLE

• SYSTEMATIC ETHNIC CLEANSING IS BEING CONDUCTED IN THE FIELD
  
• CONTINUED MOBILISATION OF CROATS IN THE BANJA LUKA REGION
  
• WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF THE CATHOLICS IN THE BANJA LUKA DIOCESE IN THOSE REGIONS CONTROLLED BY THE BOSNIAN SERBS AND IN WHOSE HANDS (BUT GOD’S) DOES IT LIE?
  
• “WE WISH TO STAY HERE! AS FAR AS I AM AWARE, THIS IS YOUR WISH ALSO
  
• WE HAVE BEEN LEFT TO THE WHIMS AND INSOLENCE OF THOSE WHO RESPECT ONLY THE LAW OF FORCE - HELP US!
  
• WE ASK FOR ONLY ONE THING - THAT OTHERS TREAT US AS HUMAN BEINGS
  
• RECOMMENDATION TO ISSUE PREMISES FOR THE TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION OF THE ZAGREB METROPOLITAN, MR JOVAN (PAVLOVIC)
  
• “WHAT HAVE CROATIAN POLITICIANS ACTUALLY DONE TO ENABLE US TO REMAIN ON OUR HEARTHS”
  
• IS IT WITH YOUR APPROVAL THAT WE ARE FACED WITH THE DEFINITE DESTRUCTION OF THE REMAINING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CATHOLIC - CROATS (& OTHERS) IN THE WIDER BANJA LUKA REGION?!
  
• “WHERE ARE THE PROTECTORS OF BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY BOASTS OF?”
  
• “DEMAND THAT WE BE GUARANTEED THE RIGHT TO LIVE AS HUMAN BEINGS!”
  
• THE FUTURE OF CROATS (CATHOLICS) IN THE BANJA LUKA DIOCESE IN THE REGION OF THE REPUBLIKA SRPSKA FOLLOWING THE PEACE ACCORD
  
• I MOST DECISIVELY RAISE MY VOICE AGAINST INJUSTICE - NO MATTER WHO THE PERPETRATOR

IX. TO PERSONS AND INSTITUTIONS IN THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

• “DESPITE OUR PEACEFULNESS, WE HAVE BEEN DENIED OUR BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS”
  
• “DO NOT BURDEN YOUR CONSCIENCES BY BEING INDIFFERENT TO OUR MISFORTUNE”
  
• THERE CAN BE NO JUST PEACE IN B-H UNTIL THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLES IN BOSNIA ARE REINSTATED AND RESPECTED
  
• DESPITE OUR PEACEFULNESS, THE CATHOLICS IN BANJA LUKA ARE BEING DESPICABLY PUNISHED
  
• MY PLEAS WERE MERELY A CRY IN THE DESERT
  
• DRAMATICALLY DETERIORATING SITUATION FOR THE CATHOLICS IN BANJA LUKA AND ITS SURROUNDS
  
• THE AGONY OF THE NON-SERBIAN POPULATION IN NORTHWEST BOSNIA HAS CONTINUED FOR THREE YEARS NOW
  
• TAKE A MORE ENERGETIC STANCE ON OUR BEHALF!
  
• WE STILL CONTINUE TO FORGIVE
  
• OUR GREATEST NEED IS THE RIGHT TO LIFE
  
• I APPEAL TO YOU ONCE MORE
  
• DRAMATIC SITUATION & COMPLETE UNCERTAINTY FOR THE FUTURE OF CATHOLIC CROATS AND OTHERS IN THE BANJA LUKA REGION UNDER SERBIAN CONTROL
  
• CAN ANYTHING BE DONE TO STOP THE EXPULSION OF BANJA LUKA CATHOLICS?
  
• EXPULSION OF CROATS BEING CONDUCTED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THE AUTHORITIES
  
• TO WHOM DO WE REALLY BELONG?
  
• THE SITUATION IS DIFFICULT AND UNBEARABLE
  
• I BEG YOU TO USE YOUR INFLUENCE TO HAVE ALL DETAINEES RELEASED!
  
• HELP US IN OUR HUMAN ENDEAVOURS!
  
• ON BEHALF OF ALL THE INNOCENT VICTIMS OF THE SENSELESSNESS & LAWLESSNESS, I BEG YOU, HELP US!

X. TO THE MEDIA

• PUBLIC CONDEMNATION OF THE CRIMES AGAINST THE CIVILIAN POPULATION OF SERB NATIONALITY
  
• “WE DENOUNCE YOUR ALLEGATIONS AS ANOTHER MALICIOUS DECEIT”
  
• THE INFORMATION YOU GAVE ON THE BANJA LUKA BISHOP AND PRIEST IS QUITE FALSE!
  
• HOW LONG WILL YOU CONTINUE PUBLISHING YOUR UNDERHAND DECEPTIONS ABOUT OUR BISHOP?
  
• NEWS AGENCY SRNA OF THE RS RINGING WITH FALSITIES!
  
• DESPITE OUR CONSISTENT EFFORTS TO AID ALL OPPRESSED AND RIGHTLESS PEOPLE, WE ARE CONSTANTLY FACED WITH INJUSTICE AND NEW ATROCITIES

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XI. SUPPLEMENTS

• COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHS
  
• NOTE OF THE AUTHOR
  
• IMPORTANT DATES IN THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH
  
• INCOMPLETE CHRONICLE OF EVENTS IN THE BANJA LUKA DIOCESE DURING THE WAR YEARS FROM 1991 TO 1995
  
• A CHRONOLOGY OF THE WAR IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
  
• ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS PUBLICATION