Bosnian officials congratulate Christmas: Peace, prosperity and love among people

Numerous Bosnian officials sent congratulations to the Archbishop of Vrhbosna Cardinal Vinko Puljić, bishops, clergy and all Catholics in BiH on the occasion of the upcoming Catholic Christmas, Patria reports.

Chairman of the Presidency of BiH Mladen Ivanić

 -The year behind us was full of challenges, but I hope that the remembrance of the joyful news of Christ's birth will bring new optimism, hope, faith and understanding for living together. I wish you to spend the upcoming holiday filled with spiritual peace, in satisfaction, personal and family happiness.

Member of the Presidency of BiH Dragan Čović

-Christmas ennobles us, gives us strength, brings joy into our lives and renews faith in a better and brighter tomorrow. Christmas fills our hearts with the blessing of love and peace, with an inexhaustible desire to build a society of prosperity and love among people.

May the light of the birth of Jesus Christ illuminate you with truth and warmth that you will share with your loved ones. Merry and blessed Christmas to all Catholics at home and abroad, and a happy and successful new 2017 to all people of good will. 

Member of the Presidency of BiH Bakir Izetbegović

-To you and all Catholics in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the world, I sincerely wish that you welcome this holiday of joy and togetherness in health, happiness and prosperity, surrounded by family and friends. Holidays are a time of spiritual renewal, reflection and strengthening for future endeavors and challenges.

With the wish that this Christmas also passes in the spirit of solidarity and mutual understanding and respect, in the spirit of the tradition we inherit, I wish you a Merry Christmas.

Chairman of the Council of Ministers of BiH Denis Zvizdić

-I extend my sincerest congratulations to all citizens of the Catholic faith with the wish that this great holiday be an occasion for strengthening coexistence, friendship, solidarity and mutual respect in our common homeland Bosnia and Herzegovina. I wish that you share the joy of Christmas and the messages of peace with your families, friends and neighbors. Merry Christmas. 

Prime Minister of the Federation of BiH Fadil Novalić

-I sincerely rejoice, like all who accept Bosnia and Herzegovina as a community of different peoples, nationalities and religions, in your great holiday.

I wish that you spend this most joyful Catholic holiday in good health and spirits, surrounded by the love of family members, friends and neighbors. Merry Christmas and may it strengthen you with hope that the future will bring more and more reasons for satisfaction,” reads the congratulation from Prime Minister Novalić.

Congratulatory messages were also sent by members of the leadership of both houses of the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH.  

Mayor of the City of Sarajevo Ivo Komšić 

-The upcoming holiday is a holiday of hope and a new, happier beginning. May the difficult year behind us remain behind us and may this holiday of love, peace, tolerance and togetherness be an incentive for us to give our maximum in the coming year in order to enrich our community through greater cooperation, appreciation and respect for one another. May this holiday pass for you and all Catholics in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and abroad, in the joy of family togetherness, peace and good health.