Papal Budapest and Slovakia Visit News

Secularization and the new "ABCs" for proclaiming the faith

Sep 18, 2021

Pope Francis is showing the Church in Slovakia and throughout Europe the way to live in the world with humility and without nostalgia.
We need ‘creativity of the Gospel,’ not ‘a defensive Catholicism’

Sep 18, 2021

Pope Francis told Slovakia’s Catholics on Monday that the Church should respond to secularization with the “creativity of the Gospel,” not “a defensive Catholicism.”
Pope’s visit to Slovakia

Sep 18, 2021

Pope Francis visited four cities in Slovakia from September 12 to15, 2021. This was after traveling to Budapest in neighbouring Hungary to celebrate the closing Mass of the International Eucharistic Congress 2021.
Pope at Eucharistic Congress: Jesus asks each of us, ‘Who am I for you?’

Sep 18, 2021

Pope Francis celebrates the concluding Mass for the 52nd International Eucharistic Congress in Budapest, Hungary, as a ‘Statio Orbis,’ a liturgy manifesting the unity of the whole Church around the table of the Lord.
Pope Francis thanks Mary for visit to Budapest and Slovakia

Sep 16, 2021

Pope Francis returns to the Vatican following his Apostolic Visit to Budapest and Slovakia, stopping at St. Mary Major’s to thank Our Lady for her protection.
Pope in Slovakia: What a difference three days make

Sep 15, 2021

During a whirlwind three days in Slovakia, Pope Francis tells the people to persevere in the faith, while seeing for himself a Church of charity, and one which breaths with “two lungs”
Pope Francis bids farewell to Slovakia

Sep 15, 2021

Pope Francis thanks the people of Slovakia before taking off back to Rome, concluding his 34th Apostolic Visit abroad.
Fr. Kramara: Pope leaves Slovaks with beautiful stimuli for reflection

Sep 15, 2021

Spokesperson for the Bishops’ Conference of Slovakia, Fr. Martin Kramara, reflects on Pope Francis’ just-concluded Apostolic Visit to Slovakia, highlighting the joy of the country’s faithful and the encouragement the Holy Father’s presence brings.
Pope at Mass upholds Mary to Slovaks as model of faith

Sep 15, 2021

Celebrating his final Mass on Slovak soil near the National Marian Shrine of Šaštín on Wednesday, Pope Francis invites Slovaks to imitate Mary in her journey, her prophecy and her compassion.
In the footsteps of pilgrims at Šaštín

Sep 15, 2021

On September 15, Slovakia celebrates the feast of its Patron, Our Lady of Sorrows, It is also the day in which Pope Francis comes to venerate this beloved mother. Ahead of the Pope’s visit, Wednesday the stage is set with thousands expected at Šaštín for this Eucharistic celebration.