This study is principally dealing with the question of what is actually left—that is, which part of the Catholic pledge can survive—when considering the actual challenges of the Croatian identity. What theological consequences does the rhetoric of "Catholic nation," "Catholic country," "Marian people," or the syntagma "Stepinac's Church" have? Is the Church in its self-introduction aware of the positive prejudice about itself that "keeps' the development ratios of Catholicism in the modern Croatian identity more than encourages them? The Catholic Church, indeed, used to bear the identity stamp for centuries and the system of values in general with the Croats—but may it continue to cherish the hope that in the future it will remain (become) the normative power? How should the Church deal with pluralism? Is the Church aware of the fact that most of the Croats are baptized (Catholics) but not Christianized, not (in)formed in regard to basic theology? How can we restrain the tendency to update religious content through emphasized remembrance of the past? It seems that a large number of worshipers expect the Church to continue to be a certain centripetal force, that is, the political factor of unity of the Croatian people, and hence the stability of the Croatian national identity. How does the Church compare itself to these expectations in its daily mission?