Following the centuries-old tradition, some of the faithful stopped first at the Franciscan cathedral to pray before walking ...

MIERCUREA CIUC, Romania — More than 35,000 Roman Catholic pilgrims ... service dates back to 1567, when John Sigismund Zapolya, the first prince of Transylvania, tried to convert local Catholics ...

also in Transylvania, for the beatification of seven Romanian Greek Catholic bishops who died in prison during communism. Homage To Emigrants Francis's visit comes 20 years after Pope John Paul II ...

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis is heading to Romania for ... speaking Roman Catholic faithful at the country's most famous Marian shrine, Sumuleu Ciuc, in eastern Transylvania.

Pope Leo XIV greets Silviu Vexler, president of the Federation of Jewish Communities in Romania, during a ceremony honoring ...

Francis was traveling across Romania to visit its far-flung Catholic communities to make up for the fact that St. John Paul II was ... the northeastern region of Transylvania in Romania, the ...

John Paul II was prevented from traveling outside of the country’s capital of Bucharest, whereas Francis will also be visiting the Catholic communities in the regions of Transylvania and Moldova.

Pope Francis June 2 honored the thousands of Romanian ... Mountains in the Transylvania region that has long been the Greek Catholic Church's headquarters. Although Pope John Paul II came to ...

Francis reached out to the minorities of Transylvania during a deeply symbolic visit to Romania about 20 years after St. John Paul II made ... in a newly built Catholic church that was so small ...

The service in Sumuleu Ciuc, located in Romania's Transylvania region ... we can defeat this pandemic." The Catholic service dates back to 1567, when John Sigismund Zapolya, the first prince ...