Original scientific paper

Legislation about Military Ordinariates in Croatia

Matija Berljak ; Catholic Faculty of Theology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

The author of the article speaks of legislation which prescribes the spiritual care of Catholic believers who are members of the armed forces and police forces in the Republic of Croatia. They represent a particular social group, and because of their specific life circumstances they need their own particular form of spiritual care (Ap. kon. John Paul II, Spiritual militum curae, introduction). After the Holy See and the Republic of Croatia signed a bilateral agreement on the spiritual care of Catholic believers, members of the armed and police forces of the Republic of Croatia (1996), the Holy See established a Military Ordinariate in Croatia on the 25th of April, 1997.
In the first part of the article, the author briefly discusses the spiritual care of soldiers through history, in order to discuss current valid legislation-whether general or specific-in the second part. This prescription is the result of the 2nd Vatican Council and the big changes which took place in the new Code of Canon Law.

Keywords

Military Ordinariate; Croatia; general and specific legislation; spiritual care; armed forces; police forces

Hrčak ID:

31416

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/31416

Publication date:

22.2.2000.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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