Observing the Roman Catholic Church activities in Yugoslavia for more than fifty years , the author concludes that this Church replaced the idea of service to God by service to the Roman Curia , i.e. service to the government of the Roman Pontificate in the role of the world leader . Observing the Roman Catholic Church activities in Yugoslavia for more than fifty years , Novak concluded that this Church replaced the idea of service to God with service to the Roman Curia , i.e. , to the government of Roman Pontificate in the role of world leader .