He embodies the face of resistance to the totalitarian regimes of the 20th century in Hungary: Cardinal József Mindszenty (1892-1975), leader of the country’s Catholic Church between 1945 and 1973, ...

Blessed Cardinal John Henry Newman is to be canonized following a Vatican announcement on Wednesday that the Pope had formally approved a miracle attributed to his intercession. Oratorian Father ...

ROME – In moves that advance the sainthood causes of two of the most celebrated, and, at times, controversial Catholic figures of the 19 th and 20 th centuries, the Vatican announced Wednesday that a ...

At the dawn of September 28 forty years ago ended the second chapter of the Calvary of József Mindszenty, that began in the tragic days of the Hungarian revolution of 1956, when the cardinal primate ...

In November 1944, before his arrest by Nazi collaborators, the Catholic bishop of Veszprém, József Mindszenty, prepared an essay describing his opposition to Hungary’s pro-Nazi regime. It was titled ...

ESZTERGOM, Hungary — The body of Cardinal Jozsef Mindszenty, the implacable foe of communism who died in exile in 1975, was reburied on Saturday in Hungary’s main Roman Catholic church. More than ...

Patrick Flood, center, is seen at the U.S. Embassy in Budapest, Hungary, in 1967. That same year he was the acting liaison to Cardinal Jozsef Mindszenty, who took refuge at the embassy for 15 years.

In 1956 a Hungarian Cardinal sought refuge in the US Embassy in Budapest - he didn't leave until 1971. Show more In 1956 a Hungarian Cardinal sought refuge in the US Embassy in Budapest. Cardinal ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. In 1978, Time magazine donated ...

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