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   POPE RECEIVES PRESIDENT OF CROATIA   
      
   VATICAN CITY, 9 OCT 2010 (VIS) - The Holy See Press Office released the   
   following communique at midday today:   
      
   "This morning the Holy Father Benedict XVI received in audience Ivo Josipovic,   
   president of the Republic of Croatia. President Josipovic subsequently went on   
   to meet with Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B. who was   
   accompanied by Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, secretary for Relations with   
   States.   
      
   "The cordial discussions provided an occasion for a fruitful exchange of   
   opinions on questions concerning the current situation in the region, with   
   particular reference to the position of Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina.   
      
   "Attention then turned to certain aspects of the situation in Croatia itself,   
   to the Church's contribution to cultural and spiritual development, to the   
   country's path to full integration into the European Union, and to the   
   importance of it maintaining its specific Christian identity".   
   OP/VIS 20101011 (2600)   
      
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