Nikolic: I said – the pope can not come without the approval of the SPC Politics

Tomislav Nikolic, for "Novosti", on the cancellation of Franja's visit and the message she gave to the Vatican. Dačić made an overwhelming statement to the public

The Vatican administration ignored at one point my explicit and clearly stated position that a visit to the pope could not come before the consent of the Vatican. Serbian Orthodox Church was obtained. They informed me that their representatives would come to Serbia in January 2016, in order to prepare a visit to the Pope that he planned for the month of May of the same year. I reacted immediately and I reminded them that until the visit, and therefore its preparation, she can come without the consent of the SPC.

So former Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic clarifies the frustration of the cancellation of Pope Francis' visit to our country for Novosti. For the first time in his advertisement, the head of diplomacy, Ivica Dacic, spoke recently.

Nikolic believes that Dacic, for reasons known to him, "made a harmful, non-Platonic advertisement by publishing part of the correspondence of the President of Serbia with the head of the Roman Catholic Church. ] – I do not know if anyone asked permission to do it. This is not mine. I ask you how the Serbian public would have full information on the reasons that led me to invite the head of the Roman Catholic Church to go to Serbia. In this call, I mentioned that I only call him as President of Serbia, and that the visit can only take place if the Pope and Patriarch Irinej are gathered together, because the Pope is not only a state but also a religious leader. He also sent a letter to Patriarch Irinee on August 3, 2016.

– This letter reveals to the public the truth about my attitude towards the Pope's visit, although I know in advance that they will comment on those who have already written that I am

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Nikolic says that the SPC and His Holiness met with everything that was happening in connection with the Arrival of the Pope

– I received the answer that the issue of the visit will be announced in the Parliament of the Serbian Orthodox Church in May 2016, so that the Parliament take a stand. I have not been informed if the subject has been raised in Parliament nor made any decision on it. I thought it was a sign that the SPC is not yet ready to accept the visit and invite the Pope to Serbia, but I wrote them in August 2016.

Patriarchate, photo Z. Jovanovic

The former president concludes that relations with other states, especially agreements that have not been implemented, should not be made public.

– Especially if they are provided by unauthorized persons, without the consent of the Serbian President who initiated or participated in them.

CHOOSING NAVELI AS A RESPONSE

PAPINA's visit to Serbia, as disclosed by Dacic, was decided in January 2016. Half a month later, a dispatch arrives in Belgrade confirming that Franja wants to come May 21 and 22

A day later, another note from Rome arrived on Andrić's wreath, suggesting that the Vatican delegation in charge of the visit will visit Belgrade as early as 24 January. Soon, legislative elections were also called, which was invoked as an excuse to cancel the pope's visit.

THE JASENOVAC PROPOSED AS ONE

IN THE LETTERS sent by the Patriarch on August 3, 2016, among others, Catholics around the world, except perhaps in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. Herzegovina, welcomed the arrival of the pope in Serbia as a Christian message. "

I am convinced that the pope would describe the atrocities committed by the Ustasha in the good preparation of the visit, Jasenovac and elsewhere.In addition, if we considered the visit, we could imagine what a visit would mean Your opinion is that the Pope should visit Serbia this year (2016) and visit on this occasion, arrange, in a suitable form and at appropriate place, your meeting with him … "Nikolic said that" it is not good for Serbia to keep talking about this important issue. "