Blessed Aloysius Viktor Stepinac. Jonathan Browne Menzies on Nov 23, 2013 Aloysius Viktor Stepinac (Croatian: Alojzije Viktor Stepinac, 8 May 1898 –10 February 1960) was a Croatian Catholic cardinal and …More
Blessed Aloysius Viktor Stepinac.
Jonathan Browne Menzies on Nov 23, 2013 Aloysius Viktor Stepinac (Croatian: Alojzije Viktor Stepinac, 8 May 1898 –10 February 1960) was a Croatian Catholic cardinal and Archbishop of Zagreb from 1937 to 1960. In 1998 he was declared a martyr and beatified by Pope John Paul II.
Stepinac was ordained on October 26, 1930 by archbishop Giuseppe Palica, and in 1931 he became a parish curate in Zagreb. He established the archdiocesan branch of Caritas in 1931, and was appointed coadjutor to the see of Zagreb in 1934. When Archbishop Anton Bauer died on December 7, 1937, Stepinac succeeded him as the Archbishop of Zagreb.[1] During World War II, on 6 April 1941, Yugoslavia was invaded by Nazi Germany, who established the Ustaše-led Independent State of Croatia (Croatian: Nezavisna Država Hrvatska, NDH). As archbishop of the puppet state's capital, Stepinac had close associations with the Ustaše leaders during the Nazi occupation,[2] had issued proclamations celebrating the NDH, and welcomed the Ustaše leaders.[3] Despite initially welcoming the Independent State of Croatia, Stepinac subsequently condemned the Nazi-aligned state's atrocities against Jews and Serbs.[4] He objected to the persecution of Jews and Nazi laws, helped Jews and others to escape and criticized Ustaše atrocities in front of Zagreb Cathedral in 1943.[5][6][7]
After the war he publicly condemned the new Yugoslav government and its actions during World War II, especially for murders of priests by Communist militants.[1] Yugoslav authorities indicted the archbishop on multiple counts of war crimes and collaboration with the enemy during wartime.[2] The trial was depicted in the West as a typical communist "show trial",[8][9] biased against the archbishop;[10] however, some claim the trial was "carried out with proper legal procedure".[2] In a verdict that polarized public opinion both in Yugoslavia and beyond,[2][3] the Yugoslav authorities found him guilty of collaboration with the fascist Ustaše movement and complicity in allowing the forced conversions of Orthodox Serbs to Catholicism.[11]
After foreign and domestic pressure, Stepinac was released from Lepoglava prison. In 1952 he was appointed cardinal by Pope Pius XII. Stepinac died while still under confinement in his parish, amid rumors of poisoning by his Communist captors.[1] On October 3, 1998, Pope John Paul II declared him a martyr and beatified him before 500,000 Croatians in Marija Bistrica near Zagreb.
Jonathan Browne Menzies on Nov 23, 2013 Aloysius Viktor Stepinac (Croatian: Alojzije Viktor Stepinac, 8 May 1898 –10 February 1960) was a Croatian Catholic cardinal and Archbishop of Zagreb from 1937 to 1960. In 1998 he was declared a martyr and beatified by Pope John Paul II.
Stepinac was ordained on October 26, 1930 by archbishop Giuseppe Palica, and in 1931 he became a parish curate in Zagreb. He established the archdiocesan branch of Caritas in 1931, and was appointed coadjutor to the see of Zagreb in 1934. When Archbishop Anton Bauer died on December 7, 1937, Stepinac succeeded him as the Archbishop of Zagreb.[1] During World War II, on 6 April 1941, Yugoslavia was invaded by Nazi Germany, who established the Ustaše-led Independent State of Croatia (Croatian: Nezavisna Država Hrvatska, NDH). As archbishop of the puppet state's capital, Stepinac had close associations with the Ustaše leaders during the Nazi occupation,[2] had issued proclamations celebrating the NDH, and welcomed the Ustaše leaders.[3] Despite initially welcoming the Independent State of Croatia, Stepinac subsequently condemned the Nazi-aligned state's atrocities against Jews and Serbs.[4] He objected to the persecution of Jews and Nazi laws, helped Jews and others to escape and criticized Ustaše atrocities in front of Zagreb Cathedral in 1943.[5][6][7]
After the war he publicly condemned the new Yugoslav government and its actions during World War II, especially for murders of priests by Communist militants.[1] Yugoslav authorities indicted the archbishop on multiple counts of war crimes and collaboration with the enemy during wartime.[2] The trial was depicted in the West as a typical communist "show trial",[8][9] biased against the archbishop;[10] however, some claim the trial was "carried out with proper legal procedure".[2] In a verdict that polarized public opinion both in Yugoslavia and beyond,[2][3] the Yugoslav authorities found him guilty of collaboration with the fascist Ustaše movement and complicity in allowing the forced conversions of Orthodox Serbs to Catholicism.[11]
After foreign and domestic pressure, Stepinac was released from Lepoglava prison. In 1952 he was appointed cardinal by Pope Pius XII. Stepinac died while still under confinement in his parish, amid rumors of poisoning by his Communist captors.[1] On October 3, 1998, Pope John Paul II declared him a martyr and beatified him before 500,000 Croatians in Marija Bistrica near Zagreb.
Blessed Alojzije Viktor Stepinac - February 10
Died
10 February 1960 at Krasic, Croatia
suffered from polycythemia rubra vera, thrombosis of the leg and bronchial catarrh, but may have been poisoned as arsenic was found in his bones during the beatification examination
Died
10 February 1960 at Krasic, Croatia
suffered from polycythemia rubra vera, thrombosis of the leg and bronchial catarrh, but may have been poisoned as arsenic was found in his bones during the beatification examination
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Sveti Alojzije, Božji veliki sveče hrvatskog naroda, moli za nas! 
Serbian patriarch reportedly opposed to canonization of Croatian cardinal
Patriarch Irinej, the head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, has announced his opposition to the possible canonization of Blessed Aloysius Stepinac (1898-1960), according to Serbian media reports.
Letters from the patriarch and Tomislav Nikolic, Serbia’s president, expressing their position on the possible canonization, were …More
Serbian patriarch reportedly opposed to canonization of Croatian cardinal
Patriarch Irinej, the head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, has announced his opposition to the possible canonization of Blessed Aloysius Stepinac (1898-1960), according to Serbian media reports.
Letters from the patriarch and Tomislav Nikolic, Serbia’s president, expressing their position on the possible canonization, were handed to Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, the Vatican’s Secretary for Relations with States, during the prelate’s recent visit to Serbia.
Patriarch Irinej reportedly called news of the possible canonization “a great surprise” and said that “in order for someone to be a saint, they must be a truly shining and holy personality and be accepted as such by other Christians.”
Blessed Stepinac served as Archbishop of Zagreb from 1938 to 1960 and was beatified as a martyr by St. John Paul II in 1998. Pope Benedict XVI offered strong praise for Blessed Stepinac during his 2011 apostolic journey to Croatia:
The merits of this unforgettable bishop are derived essentially from his faith: in his life, he always had his gaze fixed on Jesus, to whom he was always conformed, to the point of becoming a living image of Christ, and of Christ suffering. Precisely because of his strong Christian conscience, he knew how to resist every form of totalitarianism, becoming, in a time of Nazi and Fascist dictatorship, a defender of the Jews, the Orthodox and of all the persecuted, and then, in the age of communism, an advocate for his own faithful, especially for the many persecuted and murdered priests. Yes, he became an advocate for God on this earth, since he tenaciously defended the truth and man’s right to live with God.
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Patriarch Irinej, the head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, has announced his opposition to the possible canonization of Blessed Aloysius Stepinac (1898-1960), according to Serbian media reports.
Letters from the patriarch and Tomislav Nikolic, Serbia’s president, expressing their position on the possible canonization, were handed to Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, the Vatican’s Secretary for Relations with States, during the prelate’s recent visit to Serbia.
Patriarch Irinej reportedly called news of the possible canonization “a great surprise” and said that “in order for someone to be a saint, they must be a truly shining and holy personality and be accepted as such by other Christians.”
Blessed Stepinac served as Archbishop of Zagreb from 1938 to 1960 and was beatified as a martyr by St. John Paul II in 1998. Pope Benedict XVI offered strong praise for Blessed Stepinac during his 2011 apostolic journey to Croatia:
The merits of this unforgettable bishop are derived essentially from his faith: in his life, he always had his gaze fixed on Jesus, to whom he was always conformed, to the point of becoming a living image of Christ, and of Christ suffering. Precisely because of his strong Christian conscience, he knew how to resist every form of totalitarianism, becoming, in a time of Nazi and Fascist dictatorship, a defender of the Jews, the Orthodox and of all the persecuted, and then, in the age of communism, an advocate for his own faithful, especially for the many persecuted and murdered priests. Yes, he became an advocate for God on this earth, since he tenaciously defended the truth and man’s right to live with God.
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His trial was nothing less than a big deepfake trial of the dirty communists who hates all what is sacred and holy.