Yugoslavia: Religion in Yugoslavia

A file of correspondence and reports concerning religion in Yugoslavia. Subjects covered in the file include church-state relations in Yugoslavia since the death of the country's former leader, Josip Tito; developments within the Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and Muslim religious communities; the constitutional status of the church in Yugoslavia; and nationalistic violence against religious targets in Kosovo. Other documents in the file include a despatch reviewing church-state relations in Croatia and Slovenia; and a report on a conversation with Patriarch German of the Serbian Orthodox Church concerning church-state relations. The file also covers a meeting between the British ambassador to Yugoslavia, Edwin Bolland, and Aleksandar Fira, the president of the Federal Commission for Relations with Religious Communities; and an invitation from the Serbian Orthodox Church to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie, to visit the country.