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Caritas Croatia
Caritas Croatia (), sometimes also translated as ''Croatian Caritas'', is a Catholic not-for-profit social welfare and humanitarian relief organisation in Croatia. It is a service of the Episcopal Conference of Croatia. Caritas Croatia is a member of both Caritas Europa and Caritas Internationalis. History First Caritas in the 1930s The current Caritas Croatia was established in 1992; however, the first local Caritas in the country was set up during the interwar period. In 1931, the Archbishop of Zagreb, Antun Bauer, encouraged clergy to establish charitable organisations and on , the first diocesan Caritas in Croatia was founded in the Zagreb Archdiocese. Its aim was to unite all existing charitable initiatives and efforts under one umbrella organisation to coordinate and organise the diocese's charitable work, following the model of Caritas Germany. Two months later, Alojzije Stepinac was elected President of the organisation. By the following year, all except one parish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Episcopal Conference Of Yugoslavia
The Bishops' Conference of Yugoslavia was an episcopal conference of the Catholic Church covering the territory of Yugoslavia. The first such bishops' conference was held in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in November 1918. The last conference was held in 1993 when the Croatian Bishops' Conference was established. Successors *Bishops' Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina *Croatian Bishops' Conference *Slovenian Bishops' Conference *International Bishops' Conference of Saints Cyril and Methodius Yugoslavia , common_name = Yugoslavia , life_span = 1918–19921941–1945: World War II in Yugoslavia#Axis invasion and dismemberment of Yugoslavia, Axis occupation , p1 = Kingdom of SerbiaSerbia , flag_p ... 1918 establishments in Yugoslavia 1993 disestablishments in Croatia Christianity in Yugoslavia Religious organizations established in 1918 Religious organizations disestablished in 1993 {{RC-org-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Informativna Katolička Agencija
Informativna katolička agencija ('Informative Catholic Agency', IKA) is a Croatian Catholic news agency. History and mission The agency was established by the Croatian Bishops' Conference on with the aim to collect and publish information about religious life and events in the Catholic Church in the Croatian-speaking world, as well as in churches around the world. The first news were published in November 1993. The first editor-in-chief was Živko Kustić. In 1999 he was succeeded by Anton Šuljić and since 2006, the chief editor has been Suzana Vrhovski Peran. Since 2018, IKA has been part of the media platform Croatian Catholic Network (; HKM), together with the Croatian Catholic Radio (HKR). As of 2024, IKA publishes around fifty pieces of information a day, with the most important ones also being translated into English. IKA's headquarters are in Zagreb Zagreb ( ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and town ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vatican News
''Vatican News'' is the official news portal of the Holy See, serving as a source of information about the activities, pronouncements, and events related to the global Catholic Church and the operations of the Holy See. As a part of the Dicastery for Communication, it plays a central role in disseminating multimedia content that is relevant to the Catholic Church's followers, as well as the broader public interested in Vatican affairs. It brings together Vatican Radio, ''L'Osservatore Romano'' and Vatican Media. The Dicastery for Communication, which oversees ''Vatican News'', is responsible for supervising various communication channels within the Holy See. These channels include Vatican Radio, ''L'Osservatore Romano'' (the Vatican's daily newspaper), and Vatican Media, all of which collectively contribute to the comprehensive multimedia coverage of the Vatican's activities. It is based with Vatican Radio at Piazza Pia n. 3 in Vatican City. History Early background A website ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Petrinja Earthquake
At 12:19 PM Central European Time, CET (11:19 UTC) on 29 December 2020, an earthquake of magnitude 6.4 (6.2 ) hit central Croatia, with an epicenter located roughly west-southwest of Petrinja. The maximum felt intensity was estimated at VIII (''Heavily damaging'') to IX (''Destructive'') on the European macroseismic scale. Before this event there were three foreshocks, the strongest of which had a magnitude of 5.2 on the day before. The earthquake was followed by numerous aftershocks, the strongest of which had a magnitude of 4.9 . The adversely affected areas were mostly in the Sisak-Moslavina County and other nearby Croatian counties, as well as some of the nearby areas of Bosnia (region), Bosnia and Slovenia. There were nine confirmed deaths, including seven during the quake and two workers from falling debris while repairing damaged structures in the aftermath, and 26 people were injured. Tectonic setting The epicenter is located in a hilly area just south of the Kupa-Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Southeast Europe Floods
Between 13 and 18 May 2014 a low-pressure cyclone designated ''Tamara'' and ''Yvette'' affected a large area of Southeastern and Central Europe, causing floods and landslides. Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina suffered the greatest damage, as the rain was the heaviest in 120 years of recorded weather measurements. By 20 May, at least 62 people had died as a result of the flooding, and hundreds of thousands had been forced from their homes. Towns of Obrenovac in Serbia and Doboj in Bosnia and Herzegovina account for most victims, after being inundated by several-meter high waters from nearby rivers. Floodwaters caused over 2,000 landslides across Southeast Europe, spreading damage across many towns and villages. The rains activated torrents and mudslides, and subsequently several rivers in watersheds of Sava and Morava rose and flooded surrounding valleys. Official counts indicate that over 1.6 million people were affected in Serbia and Bosnia, after a week of flooding. Assessm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volunteering
Volunteering is an elective and freely chosen act of an individual or group giving their time and labor, often for community service. Many volunteers are specifically trained in the areas they work, such as medicine, education, or emergency rescue. Others serve on an as-needed basis, such as in response to a natural disaster. Etymology and history The verb was first recorded in 1755. It was derived from the noun ''volunteer'', in 1600, "one who offers himself for military service," from the Middle French ''voluntaire''. In the non-military sense, the word was first recorded during the 1630s. The word ''volunteering'' has more recent usage—still predominantly military—coinciding with the phrase ''community service''. In a military context, a volunteer army is a military body whose soldiers have chosen to enlist, as opposed to having been conscripted. Such volunteers do not work "for free" and are given regular pay. 19th century During this time, America experienced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croatian War Of Independence
The Croatian War of Independence) and (rarely) "War in Krajina" ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Рат у Крајини, Rat u Krajini) are used. was an armed conflict fought in Croatia from 1991 to 1995 between Croats, Croat forces loyal to the Government of Croatia—which had declared Independence of Croatia, independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY)—and the Serbs, Serb-controlled Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) and Serbs of Croatia, local Serb forces, with the JNA ending its combat operations by 1992. A majority of Croats supported Croatia's independence from Yugoslavia, while many ethnic Serbs living in Croatia, supported by Republic of Serbia (1992–2006), Serbia, opposed the secession and advocated Serb-claimed lands to be in a common state with Serbia. Most Serbs sought a new Serb state within a Yugoslav federation, including areas of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina with ethnic Serb majorities or significant minorities, and attempted to conquer as muc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jelena Brajša
Jelena (Jelka) Brajša (18 August 1935 – 5 November 2021) was a Croatian humanitarian and social worker, long-term president of the Caritas of the Archdiocese of Zagreb (1966–2005). She helped in establishment of several reception centers and homes for abandoned children, handicapped, old and infirm. She has been working on collecting aid for war victims during the Croatian War of Independence. She was known as "The Angel of Zagreb" and "Croatian Mother Teresa". Early life and education She was born in Zagreb in 1935 as a youngest, thirteenth child in the Catholic family. Her father was jurist. She attended elementary and middle school in Zagreb. With the establishment of the communist Yugoslavia, her family was labeled as a "class enemy" and she was prevented from studying. In 1958 she went to Vienna, where she studied social work and religious pedagogy at the Seminar für kirchliche Frauenberufe, with the scholarship granted to her by the cardinal Franz König. She furthe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franjo Šeper
Franjo Šeper (2 October 1905 – 30 December 1981) was a Croatian prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith from 1968 to 1981, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1965. Before that, he served as the Archbishop of Zagreb from 1960 to 1969. Biography Born in Osijek, in the Austro-Hungarian Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia (present-day Croatia), he and his family moved to Zagreb in 1910; his father was a tailor and his mother a seamstress. He started his seminary studies in Zagreb then at the Pontifical Gregorian University) in Rome. He was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Giuseppe Palica on 26 October 1930. His first pastoral assignments were in the Archdiocese of Zagreb and, in 1934, was appointed private secretary to the Archbishop. In 1941, father Šeper became the rector of the archdiocesan seminary, a post which he held for the next decade. On 22 July 1954 he was named Coadjutor Archbishop of Zagreb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croatian Red Cross
The Croatian Red Cross () is the national Red Cross Society of Croatia. The organization has over 370,000 volunteer members, as well as 550 professionals. The Red Cross has been active in the country since 1878. External links Croatian Red Cross Red Cross and Red Crescent national societies Red Cross
The organized International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a Humanitarianism, humanitarian movement with approximately 16million volunteering, volunteers, members, and staff worldwide. It was founded to protect human life and health, to ...
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Yugoslav Partisans
The Yugoslav Partisans,Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian language, Macedonian, and Slovene language, Slovene: , officially the National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia sh-Latn-Cyrl, Narodnooslobodilačka vojska i partizanski odredi Jugoslavije (NOV i POJ), Народноослободилачка војска и партизански одреди Југославије (НОВ и ПОЈ); ; (often shortened as the National Liberation Army sh-Latn-Cyrl, Narodnooslobodilačka vojska (NOV), Народноослободилачка војска (НОВ); ; ) was the Communist Party of Yugoslavia, communist-led Anti-fascism, anti-fascist resistance to the Axis powers (chiefly Nazi Germany) in occupied Yugoslavia during World War II. Led by Josip Broz Tito, the Partisans are considered to be Europe's most effective anti-Axis powers, Axis Resistance during World War II, resistance movement during World War II. Primarily a Guerrilla warfare, guerrilla force at its ince ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
