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The statue of Cardinal József Mindszenty in Esztergom.

The ‘White Martyr’: József Mindszenty

József Mindszenty is often commemorated as one of the first victims of the Rákosi regime. However, his 1949 arrest and show trial were not the last stage of his ‘white martyrdom’: he spent one and a half decades as an…
St Elizabeth caring for the sick. Stained glass window in the St Elizabeth church of Marburg.

St Elizabeth of Hungary: A Christ-like Model to Emulate

Elizabeth was declared a saint four years after her death. She is often symbolized by a triple crown, which stands for her roles as a member of royalty, as a mother, and as a saint, crowned in heaven. She is…
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin in the 1950s.

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and his Grand Project to Reconcile Science and Religion

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin is without a doubt one of the most prominent theologians of the 20th century, whose intellectual contributions to both science and religion gained recognition and respect from both the clergy and the scientific community. His oeuvre…
Candles lit on graves in a cemetery in Poland on All Saints Day.

The Feast of All Saints: An Inspiration for All of Us

It was Pope Gregory III (731-741) who formally instituted the feast of All Saints on 1 November when he consecrated a chapel to all the martyrs in Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome; he then required the Feast of All Saints…

300-Year-Old Catholic Church Renovated in Tárnok

To mark the completion of the renovation of the Roman Catholic church, built in 1737, a mass was celebrated by Bishop of Székesfehérvár Antal Spányi. In his remarks at the Tárnok church, State Secretary Miklós Soltész lauded the collaborative effort…
A painting of Péter Pázmány located at ELTE University, Budapest.

Péter Pázmány’s Indelible Impact on Hungarian Culture and History

Péter Pázmány, Cardinal Archbishop of Esztergom, was born on this day in 1570. Despite being born into a Protestant family, he became the leading figure in the Counter-Reformation, and had a major impact on the development of the Hungarian language…
The panellists at the first discussion of the Our Europe series at the Sapientia College of Theology of Religious orders on 8 September 2023.

György Hölvényi: Europe Needs to Rediscover its Values

In his introduction, Hölvényi emphasized that in recent years, the COVID-19 pandemic and wars have weakened people’s faith and religiosity. Rebuilding and strengthening faith will take many years of work, but change must always start from within, he noted….
Portrait of Lieutenant-Admiral-General of the United Provinces.

Going Through Living Hell for Their Faith — The Story of Hungarian Protestant Galley Slaves

The Habsburg Court regarded Protestantism simply as the ideological expression of the nobility, that is, the ‘spirit of rebellion’. In addition, it was part of the absolutist thinking of the era that only a mono-religious country could be politically united….
Cardinal Dominik Duka, then Archbishop of Prague, in 2011.

‘You Have Saved Europe!’ — Cardinal Dominik Duka to the Hungarian Nation

The spirit and dedication to God of Cardinal Duka were not broken when in prison as an underground clergyman—he kept conducting masses for his prison mates that he disguised as occasions of a chess club. A couple of years ago,…
The Assumption of the Virgin by Luca Giordano (ca. 1698)

Assumption Day: Celebrating the Great Lady of Hungarians

Throughout Hungarian history, the country was often referred to as Mary’s realm, the Regnum Marianum. On the occasion of the Hungary’s Millennium celebrations in 1896, Pope Leo XIII sent an encyclical letter to the Hungarian nation, granting permission for Hungarian…

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