Slovak Bishops Call for Peace After Assassination Attempt on Prime Minister
Archbishop Bober expressed his deep regret over the violent incident and condemned what authorities are now treating as an act of attempted murder.
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Europe’s Christian Solidarity Reinforced at Sts. Kinga and Hedwig Jubilee in Budapest
Two days of celebrations were held in the Hungarian capital March 21-22, bringing together religious leaders from Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Lithuania.
Remembering Cardinal Jozef Tomko, Courageous Witness of the Persecuted Church
Slovakian shepherd, who died at 98, lived his vocation in exile in the Eternal City.
Slovakia’s Parliament Debates Pro-Life Bill
The law, debated on Nov. 5, was introduced by members of parliament from the Ordinary People and Independent Personalities (OĽaNO) movement, led by Anna Záborská.
What Really Happened at the Eucharistic Congress in Budapest?
COMMENTARY: A wonderful event that gave hope to hundreds of thousands of pilgrims in the heart of secularized Europe was unfortunately promoted by many as a ‘liberal’ Pope meeting an ‘illiberal’ prime minister.
Full Text: Pope Francis’ In-Flight Press Conference from Slovakia
The Pope’s comments during the in-flight press conference came at the end of his four-day visit to Hungary and Slovakia.
Pope Francis in Slovakia: Our Lady of Sorrows Teaches Us Compassion for the Suffering
On the final day of his visit to Slovakia, Pope Francis offered the live-streamed Mass outside the country’s National Shrine of Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows in the young town of Šaštín.
Pope Francis to Slovakia’s Young Catholics: Confession Is the ‘Sacrament of Joy’
‘When we embrace Jesus, joy is reborn. And the joy of Jesus, in pain, is transformed into peace,’ the Holy Father assured youth.
Pope Francis to Slovakia’s Jewish Community: ‘Your Sufferings Are Our Sufferings’
The Holy Father on Monday recalled the great suffering endured by the Jewish community in Slovakia during the Holocaust and encouraged Jews and Christians to be united in condemning violence and anti-Semitism.
Pope Francis to Slovakian Catholics: We Need ‘Creativity of the Gospel,’ Not ‘A Defensive Catholicism’
Slovakian bishops, priests, religious, seminarians, and catechists listened on headsets to a live translation of the speech, which the Pope delivered in Italian, frequently stopping for off-the-cuff remarks on everything from the Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky to the importance of short homilies.
