Prayer Groups in the Marian Prayer Movement

Prayer Groups in the Marian Prayer Movement

Dr. fra Slavko Barbaric, OFM, 1996

The History of the Tragic Conflicts between the Bishops and the Franciscans in Bosnia-Herzegovina

THE TRUTH ABOUT THE 'HERZEGOVINIAN AFFAIR'

The History of the Tragic Conflicts between the Bishops and the Franciscans in Bosnia-Herzegovina

by: Viktor Nuiæ, OFM, Dr.
Publisched by: K. KREŠIMIR, Zagreb, 1998
English version by: Snježana Pezer

INTRODUCTION

I. BOSNA SREBRENA (SIVLER BOSNIA)

1.The Establishment of the Bosnian Franciscan Vicary
2. Introducing a New Church Hierarchy
3. The Era of Archbishop Stadler

a) The Dispossession of Parishes
b) The Secularization of the Franciscans
c) Squeezing the Franciscans out of Public Life

4. The Development of 'Bosna Srebrena' (Silver Bosnia)
5. Archbishop Šari's Era


II. FRANCISCAN HERZEGOVINA

A. THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE HERZEGOVINIAN FRANCISCANS

1. The Monastery on Široki Brijeg
2. An Apostolic Vicary for Herzegovina
3. A Franciscan Custody for Herzegovina
4. The Monastery in Humac (Ljubuški)
5. The Monastery in Mostar
6. The Franciscan Province in Herzegovina

B. THE PROBLEM FACED BY THE PARISHES IN HERZEGOVINA

1. The Decision of the Holy See of 1899
2. The Decision of the Holy See of 1923
3. The Calamities of the Franciscans During the Second World War
4. The Revocation of the Decision by the Holy See of 1923
5. The Decision by the Holy See to Consign Five Parishes
6. The Fruitless Agreement of 1968
7. The Outbreak of the "Herzegovinian Affair"
8. Longterm Negotiations
9. The Holy See's Decree "Romanis Pontificibus" of 1975
10. The Franciscans Refuse to Actively Participate in the Implementation of the Decree
11. Sanctions (penalties)
12. The Mostar Affair
13. The apljina Affair
14. The "Alleviated" Implementation of the Decree of 1975

C. HIDING BEHIND THE DECREE OF 1975

1. Who is Behind the Holy See's Decree of 1975?
2. The Unquestionable Obedience of the Mostar Bishops Towards the Holy See?
3. The "Goodness" of the Decision by the Holy See of 1975
4. The "Justice" of the Decision by the Holy See of 1975?