at ican ▁international ▁policy ". ▁Al ong ▁with ▁Arch bishop ▁Ste pin ac , ▁b ish ops ▁Mi š ić ▁and ▁Ro ž man ▁object ed ▁to ▁the ▁U sta š a ▁violence . ▁Heb ble th wa ite ▁wrote ▁that ▁to ▁opp ose ▁the ▁violence ▁of ▁the ▁new ▁U sta še ▁state , ▁the ▁" V at ican ' s ▁policy ▁was ▁to ▁strength en ▁the ▁hand ▁of ▁[ Arch bishop ▁Ste pin ac ] ▁in ▁his ▁re jection ▁of ▁for cible ▁convers ions ▁and ▁brut al ities ." ▁ ▁Ph ayer ▁wrote ▁that ▁Ste pin ac ▁came ▁to ▁be ▁considered ▁as ▁je uden fre und lich ▁( J ew ▁friendly ) ▁by ▁the ▁Naz i - link ed ▁U sta še ▁authorities . ▁He ▁susp ended ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁priest ▁collabor ators ▁in ▁his ▁dioc ese . ▁Th irty - one ▁pri ests ▁were ▁arrested ▁following ▁Ste pin ac ' s ▁July ▁and ▁October ▁ 1 9 4 3 ▁explicit ▁condem n ations ▁of ▁race ▁mur ders ▁being ▁read ▁from ▁pul p its ▁across ▁Cro atia . ▁Histor ian ▁Martin ▁Gilbert ▁wrote ▁that ▁Ste pin ac , ▁" who ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 1 ▁had ▁wel com ed ▁Cro at ▁independence , ▁subsequently ▁condem ned ▁Cro at ▁at roc ities ▁against ▁both ▁Ser bs ▁and ▁Jews , ▁and ▁himself ▁saved ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁Jews ." ▁Alo ys ius ▁Mi š ić , ▁Bishop ▁of ▁Most ar , ▁was ▁a ▁prominent ▁res ister . ▁Greg or ij ▁Ro ž man ,