SW News: Three brothers Renato Pudar, Marko Pudar, and Robert Pudar, received ordination on the same day in Croatia. Robert Pudar was ordained to the diaconate, while Renato Pudar and Marko Pudar were ordained to the priesthood for the archdiocese of Split-Makarska and the Franciscan Province of the Holy Redeemer, respectively. The ordination ceremony that took place at the Holy Family church in Solin, on Saturday, June 24, was presided over by the Apostolic Administrator of the archdiocese, Msgr. Želimir Puljić.

Four other men also were ordained to the priesthood on the same day by Msgr. Puljić. The church was filled with family members, relatives, and friends of the ordinands. “Do not be afraid of your weakness when God calls. Surrender to God's Providence completely and without reservations, and He will strengthen and encourage you. You will be able to do everything in the one who strengthens you. He is counting on you and wants to realize great plans in this world through you,” Msgr. Puljić said in his homily. He asked the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary for the ordinands.

The diocese which was established in the 3rd century has a Catholic population of more than 440,000. Around 78 percent of the Croatian population identifies as Catholic.