
Europe and America
COMMENTARY: In ‘The Cube and the Cathedral,’ I suggested three reasons why Americans cannot write Europe off. Those reasons remain valid today.
COMMENTARY: In ‘The Cube and the Cathedral,’ I suggested three reasons why Americans cannot write Europe off. Those reasons remain valid today.
Greeting Slovakian pilgrims earlier this week, the Holy Father encouraged their continuing efforts ‘in defense of the family, the vital cell of society.’
The Pope’s comments during the in-flight press conference came at the end of his four-day visit to Hungary and Slovakia.
In a written message released by the Vatican, the Holy Father welcomed approximately 4,300 Slovak pilgrims who began their jubilee pilgrimage this week with the celebration of Mass at the Basilica of St. John Lateran.
Cherkas initially hid in the basement of her house with her daughter, but then fled to Lviv and across the border. She, too, has found safety in Slovakia, and visits the Capuchin church daily to pray for an end to the war.
The last time a pope took part in an International Eucharistic Congress was in the year 2000, when John Paul II attended the event in Rome.
Which leaders will be in Rome?
Situated on the periphery of Bratislava, the block was once called “the Bronx of Slovakia” due to the local drug trade.
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