Pope Benedict to travel to Croatia in 2011

Pope Benedict XVI will visit Croatia in 2011. The Pope will travel to Zagreb in the first half of next year and will stop to pray at the tomb of Blessed Luigi Stepinac. The Papal visit was announced after the October 29 meeting of Archbishop Srakić Marin, President of the Croatian Bishops' Conference and His Eminence Cardinal Josip Bozanic, Archbishop of Zagreb with His Excellency Mr. Ivo Josipovic, President of the Republic of Croatia, the Office of the President.
Pope John Paul, visited Croatia three times since it proclaimed independence from communist Yugoslavia in 1991. More than 90 percent of Croatia's 4.4 million people are Catholics.