During his visit to Budapest, Pope Francis praised several Hungarian saints, including King Stephen, his family, and Cardinal Jozef Mindszenty. He also visited St. Istvan's Cathedral, where he spoke about Hungary's recent saints, such as Father Janos Brenner, who was martyred in 1957. The Pope's visit also touched on the cause for beatification of Maria Teresa Coreth, wife of Blessed Batthiany-Stratman. The institute for the blind that he visited is named after the blessed.
Metropolitan Anthony, chairman for external church relations of the Russian Orthodox Church, greets Pope Francis after his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square on May 3, 2023.
Pope Francis on Friday encouraged clergy and others discouraged by a shortage of priests and ebbing faith in the West to pray for God’s help, saying the solutions will “come from the tabernacle and not the computer.”
"ExultateT" is a musical oratory honoring Blessed Bartolo Longo, founder of the Shrine of Pompeii, and his devotion to Our Lady. The tribute features Cardinal Fernando Filoni and Archbishop Tommaso Caputo at the Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii.
Pope Francis requested prayers for Yemen in this week's Vaticano Updates, as there may be some hope on the horizon. Other news includes Bishop Stephen Chow Sau-yan's visit to Beijing, the donation of True Cross relics to the Church of England, India becoming the world's most populous nation, and Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia's expressed support for legalized medically assisted suicide.
Pope Francis addresses civil authorities and other dignitaries at a former a Carmelite monastery in Budapest, Hungary, on April 28, 2023, on the first day of his three-day pilgrimage to the country.