Bucharest: Authorities in Romania are probing a Christian priest in connection with the death of a baby during the baptism ceremony of the child. The baby had died of a heart attack after the bishop had plunged the child’s head underwater three times during a baptism. According to reports, theContinue Reading
Blaj, June 3, 2019: Pope Francis ended his three-day visit to Romania with an apology to the Roma people, who trace their roots to northern India, for the Catholic Church’s “discrimination” against them. Roma people make up around 10 percent of Romania’s 20 million people. Many are marginalized and liveContinue Reading
Bucharest, June 1, 2019: Pope Francis on June 1 braved a rain-soaked, twisting drive through the mountains of Transylvania to visit Romania’s most famous shrine, urging Romanian and ethnic Hungarian faithful to work together for their future. Pope Francis arrived in Romania on May 31 for a three-day, cross-country pilgrimage.Continue Reading