Alojzije Stepinac

Ovaj rad će se baviti o Alojziju Stepincu, njegovim djelima kroz život, svećeničkom životu, ulogu u ratnom razdoblju i poslije njega. Djelovanje i značaj kardinala Stepinca prema državi, vlasti i ljudima koji su je vodili. Prihvaćao je svaku vlast i s njom komunicirao samo onoliko koliko mu je bilo neophodno. No vlasti su se prema njemu i Crkvi različito odnosile, a on se nije ustrajao reći im u lice što zaslužuju. Stepinca politika nije previše zanimala, on se kao svećenik držao „Bogu Božje, caru carevo“. Živio je kao zatočenik u rodnom Krašiću gdje je na kraju i umro. Nakon smrti započeo je postupak proglašenja Stepinca svetim, u kojem su završena dva stupnja (1. proglašen Slugom Božjim, 2. proglašen blaženikom, 3. proglašenje Svetim nije završeno). Postupak beatifikacije (proglašavanje svecem) traje i dan danas. This paper is going to be about Alojzije Stepinac, his work through life, his life as a priest, his role in the war period and after it. It will be also about his effect and significance to the state, the government and the people who led the state at that time. He accepted the rules of every government and he was communicating with it only as much as it was necessary. But the authorities have treated him and the Church differently, and he wasn’t afraid to tell them, in the face, what they truly deserved. Stepinac wasn’t too interested in politics, as a priest he was holding to "Give Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and God what belongs to God!” He lived as a prisoner in his birthplace Krašić where he eventually died. After his death, the process of his canonization begins. In the process of his canonization, till now, there have been completed two stages (the first was declared as Alojzije Stepinac the Servant of God, the second one – he was declared to be beatified, and the third one (canonization) is still not completed). The process of beatification (declaration of him becoming a Saint) still continues to this day and forward.