This was precisely the reason why he went to Rome, in order to stigmatize the lies that have spread in regard to the Holy See.
NDH Ambassador on Stepinac in Rome
In the Spring of 1942 - more than a year after the massacre of the Serbs in the NDH - Archbishop Alojzije Stepinac paid a visit to the Vatican for an interview with Pope Pius XII. This letter from the NDH ambassador to the Vatican describes his conduct during his stay.
In the Spring of 1942 - more than a year after the massacre of the Serbs in the NDH - Archbishop Alojzije Stepinac paid a visit to the Vatican for an interview with Pope Pius XII. This letter from the NDH ambassador to the Vatican describes his conduct during his stay.
As you must know, His Grace Stepinac has now returned to Zagreb after a twelve-day visit to Rome. He was in fine form and took a pugnacious attitude to all enemies of the State! He submitted to the Holy Father a nine-page type-written report. He showed it to me and I can assure you it stands for our point of view. In attacking the Serbs, Chetniks and Communists, he has found things to say which even I had not thought of. No one will be allowed to attack the Independent State of Croatia and show the Croatian people in a bad light.
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| Title: NDH Ambassador on Stepinac in Rome | |
| Source: Letter from Nikola Rusinovic, NDH Ambassador to the Vatican, to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Zagreb, May 9, 1942. Quoted in Falconi, Carlo. The Silence of Pius XII, p. 314. | |
| Date: May 9, 1942 | Added: October 2002 |