It is certain that they have discussed the work of the joint commission of the Serbian Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church which should discuss the actions of Stepinac, who is expected to be canonized in the future. The head of the Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch Irinej has recently written to Pope Francis and asked him to receive the Serbian delegation. According to media reports, Irinej asked the Pope to “remove the question of the canonization of Cardinal Stepinac from the agenda, and to leave it to the infallible judgment of God”. He reportedly said that Stepinac “wholeheartedly supported the creation of the Independent State of Croatia, lavished praise on its leadership and took part in the creation of an atmosphere of intolerance in that country, which was a copy of Hitler’s Germany and Mussolini’s Italy”.
