Archive for April 30, 2023

Pope Francis stands on an altar erected outside the Parliament Building in Budapest's Kossuth Lajos' Square during a public outdoor Mass on April 30, 2023.?w=200&h=150

By Rachel Thomas

The Good Shepherd calls us to ‘open our hearts to love,’ Pope Francis says at Mass in Hungary

Some 50,000 people attended a public outdoor Mass with Pope Francis in Budapest on Sunday. Read more

In his address to a Catholic university in Hungary on April 30, 2023, Pope Francis spoke about the false freedoms offered by both communism and consumerism, and encouraged people to seek out Christ’s truth.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis warns of technological domination, threat to human ecology at university in Hungary

The pope also spoke about the false freedoms offered by both communism and consumerism, and encouraged people to seek out... Read more

The faithful, on their way to the papal Mass, celebrated in Budapest, Hungary, in the early hours of Sunday, April 30.?w=200&h=150

By Solène Tadié

Hundreds of faithful gather in prayer for Pope Francis at Budapest’s oldest parish church

A time of celebration, prayer, and adoration for the faithful was held on the evening of April 29 at the... Read more

Pope Francis takes questions from the media aboard the papal flight from Hungary to Rome April 30, 2023.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis says he did not lose consciousness before hospitalization in March

Asked about his health during the in-flight press conference, the 86-year-old pope said he felt bad on March 29 and... Read more