Catholicism

Bucharest, June 1 /Agerpres/ - Thousands of believers from all over the country and abroad are waiting on Saturday for Pope Francis in Sumuleu Ciuc and Iasi, where the Sovereign Pontiff will be on the second day of his visit Romania. The Pope's visit began in Bucharest on Friday, and will end on Sunday at Blaj.

Pope Francis declared on Friday at the Cotroceni presidential Palace that a cooperation between the political, economic, social and spiritual forces must be created "to face the problems of this new phase of history." "In order to face the problems of this new phase of history, to find equitable solutions and to find the power to implement them, we must increase the positive collaboration betwe

The Catholic churches in Miercurea Ciuc will stay open all night for the pilgrims who would wish to rest or just step into the worship places on their way to the Marian shrine in Sumuleu Ciuc, where Pope Francis will celebrate Mass on Saturday, on the second day of his apostolic visit to Romania.

Pope Francis has arrived in Bucharest on Friday for a state, pastoral and ecumenical three-day visit, carried out under the generic title "Let's walk together!." The Sovereign Pontiff was welcomed, on the Henri Coanda International Airport, by President Klaus Iohannis and his wife Carmen Iohannis.

Pope Francis begins on Friday a three-day apostolic visit to Romania, His Holiness being awaited by the authorities, hierarchs and pilgrims in Bucharest, Sumuleu-Ciuc, Iasi and Blaj.

Pope Francis has offered 100,000 euros to the Greek branch of the Catholic humanitarian organisation Caritas to support its work with refugees and migrants on the islands.
The amount was delivered to Caritas Hellas by the Papal Αlmoner, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, who visited the state reception facility for migrants near the village of Moria in Lesvos.

A handout picture provided by the Vatican Media shows apostolic papal charities chief Cardinal Konrad Krajewski visiting a refugee camp to show Pope Francis's solidarity with refugees in camps on the Greek island. [Vatican media handout/EPA] 

Tomorrow morning Pope Francis will travel from Bulgaria to Northern Macedonia. About the moods in Skopje in the expectation of the Holy Father tells Eliana Dimitrova, journalist from the BNT. 

Tomorrow at noon at Macedonia Square in Skopje Pope Francis will serve the Holy Mass. About 15,000 people are expected to attend, not only from Macedonia, but from Croatia, Albania, Kosovo.

The meeting between Pope Francis and the Catholic community in Bulgaria began. It is held in the neighborhood of Sekirovo in Rakovski - in the church "St. Archangel Michael". Thousands have arrived today in the small town to see the Holy Father during his apostolic visit to Bulgaria.

Pope Francis's apostolic journey to Bulgaria continues today. The head of the Roman Catholic Church arrived yesterday in Bulgaria, under the motto "Peace to the Earth" - the title of the encyclical, written in 1963 by Pope John XXIII, also known as the "Bulgarian Pope," Archbishop Angelo Roncalli.