• Historian and former Minister of Culture Zlatko Hasanbegović commented on the first year of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate, highlighting his dispute with US President Trump’s policies.
  • Hasanbegović believes that Pope Leo XIV’s messages of peace have become problematic due to a rift with controversial state policy.
  • Regarding the canonization of Alojzije Stepinac, he said it will be pursued until resolved, and involves a broader background of interpreting the Croatian 20th century.
  • The period of World War II remains a point of contention in Croatia due to daily political manipulations, Hasanbegović believes.
  • Defeat does not mean liberation, and the situation in Zagreb on May 8, 1945 is not true liberation, he stated.

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