The Fairbanks temple will be the second in the state of Alaska, while the Budapest temple will be the first in the country of ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Pope Francis plunged into ... and then meeting privately with an envoy of the Russian Orthodox Church that has strongly supported the war. Francis maintained the Vatican ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Pope Francis on Sunday urged ... Metropolitan Hilarion in a sign of respect for the Russian Orthodox Church during what the Vatican said was a “cordial” 20-minute meeting ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Pope Francis plunged into ... and then meeting privately with an envoy of the Russian Orthodox Church that has strongly supported the war. Francis maintained the ...

In May 2023, during his visit to Hungary, Pope Francis expressed ... spearheaded relations with the Orthodox churches and developed "city missions" in Budapest, encouraging lay people to visit ...

Hungary’s nationalist government ... the 20-minute meeting at the Holy See’s embassy in Budapest was “cordial.” The Russian church’s strong support for the Kremlin’s war has rankled ...