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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

The Vatican confirmed Friday that Pope Francis will travel to Romania to ... of the Catholic Szekely population's resistance to pressure from the Hungarian King John II Sigismund Zapolya to ...