News: In the Sign of Sacrifice
The following is an excerpt from an article by Father Franjo Kralik, anti-Semite, Serbophobe and protege of the Archbishop of Sarajevo Ivan Saric in the newspaper controled by the Archbishopric, Katolicki Tjednik. The article praises the "Crusaders" youth organization as being in tune with the Ustase movement and participating in the events which led to the formation of the Independent State of Croatia just a few weeks before. In 2003, the group's founder, Dr. Ivan Merz was beatified by Pope John Paul II.
The following is an excerpt from an article by Father Franjo Kralik, anti-Semite, Serbophobe and protege of the Archbishop of Sarajevo Ivan Saric in the newspaper controled by the Archbishopric, Katolicki Tjednik. The article praises the "Crusaders" youth organization as being in tune with the Ustase movement and participating in the events which led to the formation of the Independent State of Croatia just a few weeks before. In 2003, the group's founder, Dr. Ivan Merz was beatified by Pope John Paul II.
Sacrifices must be even more persistently accepted by those generations, who even made sacrifice a central part of their program: the men and women of the Crusaders! In light of recent events it was made clear what an important role this organization performed by spiritually preparing "the new, young, Godly Croatia." The breeding of the Crusader youth, thanks to the late Dr. Ivan Merz and the present Dr. Ivo Protulipac, was radically Croatian. The spiritual program of this organization is coherent with the spiritual program of the Ustase, as has been expressed numerous times at various Crusader functions by Dr. Ivo Protulipac, but also by other Crusader speakers. Therefore, may the Crusaders' sacrifice in the future come to an even greater expression, but not so much with words as much as with action.
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| Title: News: In the Sign of Sacrifice | |
| Source: Katolicki Tjednik, April 27, 1941. Quoted in Novak, Viktor. Magnum Crimen, p. 585 (First Edition, Zagreb). Translated by Sinisa Djuric. | |
| Date: April 27, 1941 | Added: February 6, 2004 |
