Cardinal Stepinac rose to lead his people against the Nazi terror of World War I". At the age of 36. Aloysius Stepinac became the youngest Catholic archbishop in the world. Faced with the terrible holocaust sweeping across Western Europe. Archbishop Stepinac personally organized an underground movement to hide Austrian and German Jews and Christians from persecution. and to aid Polish and Slovenian refugees. Archbishop Stepinac organized a relief program for children and destitute people in the Croatian regions occupied by the Italian Army. and publicly protested the Fascist governments violation of the basic rights of people of all religious nationalities and political convictions. After World War II. elevated to the office of cardinal.
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