Church in Latin America keeps faith alive during coronavirus lockdown
- Jul 7, 2020
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Soviet prisoners of conscience petitioned St. John Paul II for help
- May 13, 2020
Soviet political prisoners from various backgrounds begged St. John Paul II’s help in secret messages after his 1978 election, according to a former inmate in recollections published for the late pope’s hundredth birthday.
Sights and Sounds of Rome: Encounters with three new Princes of the Church
- Oct 5, 2019
The Vatican has been making several of the new cardinals in today’s consistory available to the press over the last couple of days, which gave me the opportunity Friday to spend some time with three new Princes of the Church.
New Lithuanian cardinal, ‘strong internally,’ spent time in Soviet prison
- Sep 21, 2019
Lithuania’s new cardinal, a veteran of Soviet prisons and labor camps, counts on not being assigned “specific duties” following his elevation so he can continue serving his local church.
Pope tells Jesuits clericalism a ‘perversion’ in the Church
- Oct 17, 2018
Speaking to his brother Jesuits in Lithuania last month, Pope Francis solicited their support in moving forward the work of the Second Vatican Council.
For the persecuted, there is hope in Mary’s care, Pope Francis says
- Sep 26, 2018
Despite the pain and suffering they have experienced, Catholics in the Baltic states can take hope in the steadfast care of the Virgin Mary, as depicted at the Gate of Dawn in Lithuania, Pope Francis said Wednesday.
Pope honors victims of Nazis, communists during Vilnius visit
- Sep 23, 2018
Pope Francis paid homage to both the victims of the Holocaust in Lithuania and those persecuted during the country’s Soviet occupation Sunday, condemning the “spiritual sickness” of forgetting the lessons from the past.
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