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  • Nadbiskup Stepinac o sibinj...
    Artuković, Mato

    Diacovensia, 2019, Volume: 26, Issue: 4
    Journal Article, Paper

    U radu se predstavljaju pogledi nadbiskupa Alojzija Stepinca o sibinjskim žrtvama u vrijeme predizborne kampanje 1935. godine. Vlasti su za događaje u kojima je ubijeno 15 hrvatskih seljaka optužile same te seljake i župnika iz Podcrkavlja Mihovila Praskića. Nadbiskup Stepinac jasno je označio bitan uzrok svega: neravnopravnost naroda i samovolju žandara. Dopustio je služenje mise zadušnice za ubijene seljake, što je ogorčilo nositelje vlasti. Potaknuti zagrebačkim primjerom, spontano su i u drugim mjestima Nadbiskupije služene zadušnice za žrtve zločina za koji nitko nije odgovarao. The paper presents the views of Archbishop Alojzije Stepinac on the victims from Sibinj during the 1935 election campaign. For the events in which 15 Croatian peasants were killed the authorities accused the peasants themselves and the pastor from Podcrkavlje Mihovil Praskić. Archbishop Stepinac had clearly pointed out the underlying cause of everything: the inequality between peoples and the tyranny of the police. He allowed the celebration of the memorial mass service for the killed peasants, which annoyed the authorities. Inspired by the example of Zagreb, memorial mass services were spontaneously celebrated in other places of the Archdiocese as well, for the victims of the crime for which nobody has answered.