Archbishop Zore raises birth rate issue ahead of Statehood Day

Ljubljana, 21 June - Only a country that likes children has a future, was the central message of the mass for the homeland celebrated in Ljubljana ahead of Statehood Day by Ljubljana Archbishop Stanislav Zore. The dignitary, who singled out Slovenia's birth rate as a key issue, also touched on the situation of Catholics 27 years after the country declared independence.

Ljubljana, stolna cerkev sv. Nikolaja.
Maša za domovino pred dnevom državnosti, ki jo je vodil ljubljanski nadškof metropolit Stanislav Zore.
Foto: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana
Mass for the homeland celebrated in Ljubljana ahead of Statehood Day.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana, stolna cerkev sv. Nikolaja.
Maša za domovino pred dnevom državnosti, ki jo je vodil ljubljanski nadškof metropolit Stanislav Zore.
Foto: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana
Mass for the homeland celebrated in Ljubljana ahead of Statehood Day.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana
Mass for the homeland celebrated in Ljubljana ahead of Statehood Day.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana, stolna cerkev sv. Nikolaja.
Maša za domovino pred dnevom državnosti, ki jo je vodil ljubljanski nadškof metropolit Stanislav Zore.
Foto: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana
Mass for the homeland celebrated in Ljubljana ahead of Statehood Day.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana
Mass for the homeland celebrated in Ljubljana ahead of Statehood Day.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana, stolna cerkev sv. Nikolaja.
Maša za domovino pred dnevom državnosti, ki jo je vodil ljubljanski nadškof metropolit Stanislav Zore.
Foto: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana, stolna cerkev sv. Nikolaja.
Maša za domovino pred dnevom državnosti, ki jo je vodil ljubljanski nadškof metropolit Stanislav Zore.
Foto: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana
Mass for the homeland celebrated in Ljubljana ahead of Statehood Day.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana
Mass for the homeland celebrated in Ljubljana ahead of Statehood Day.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana
Mass for the homeland celebrated in Ljubljana ahead of Statehood Day.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana, stolna cerkev sv. Nikolaja.
Maša za domovino pred dnevom državnosti, ki jo je vodil ljubljanski nadškof metropolit Stanislav Zore.
Foto: Daniel Novakovič/STA

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