The Bishops are responsible for showing to the devotees, also through the example of the great Croatian figures, such as the "blessed Alojzije Stepinac, bishop and martyr", "what the Gospel teaches, warning them against what opposes to it, so that your communities will boost the entire society in pursuing the common good and taking care of the needy". In Croatia, "many people, despite their hard work, live in precarious conditions" because the "country unfortunately is still affected by the consequences of the recent war". Hence the need to encourage the Croatians "on the way of Christian reconciliation". One of the most pressing pastoral challenges, according to the Pope, is "the credible testimony" of the bishops themselves, special care for "the formation of priests", the promotion of "calls to priesthood", special attention to seminarians. Then, Benedict XVI exhorted them "to guide, in love and in a spirit of mutual cooperation, the religious communities and movements of consecrated life and of lay people" and "to promote in the families a faithful love, harmony and daily prayer, encouraging them to be generously open to life". Finally, he mentioned "the importance of the presence of the Catholics in public life, as well as in the mass media": "It is also up to them he concluded to make the voice of truth be heard on the current
