Blessed Iuliu Hossu, persecuted by the communist regime in Romania, was created a cardinal secretly — in pectore — by Pope St. Paul VI in 1969.

On Monday, June 2, Pope Leo XIV took part in a commemoration ceremony for Cardinal Iuliu Hossu, bishop of the Romanian United Church. In 1918, Hossu read the Declaration of Union of Transylvania ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Blessed Iuliu Hossu, the Romanian Greek Catholic bishop of Cluj-Gherla, was named a cardinal “in pectore” — secretly — by St. Paul VI in 1969. But the bishop was in ...

Blessed Iuliu Hossu, the Romanian Greek Catholic bishop of Cluj-Gherla, was named a cardinal "in pectore" -- secretly -- by St. Paul VI in 1969. But the bishop was in a communist prison in Romania and ...

Presiding over a commemoration for Blessed Cardinal Iuliu Hossu, the Greek-Catholic Bishop of Cluj-Gherla and martyr for the faith, Pope Leo XIV upheld the Cardinal’s legacy of interfaith solidarity ...

Pope Leo XIV greets Silviu Vexler, president of the Jewish Community Federation of Romania, during a June 2 event commemorating Blessed Cardinal Iuliu Hossu inside the Sistine Chapel. (Credit ...

Pope Leo XIV, Romanian bishops, and Jewish leaders honored Blessed Iuliu Hossu in the Sistine Chapel for his resistance to communism and his life-saving efforts to protect Jews during the Holocaust.

In a ceremony on Monday, Pope Leo XIV recalled the life and legacy of Iuliu Hossu, a Romanian Greek Catholic bishop who saved thousands of Jews during World War II.

Pope Leo XIV recalled the life and legacy of Cardinal in pectore Iuliu Hossu, a Romanian Greek-Catholic bishop, “pastor and martyr of the faith during the communist persecution in Romania ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS)–Blessed Iuliu Hossu, the Romanian Greek Catholic bishop of Cluj-Gherla, was named a cardinal “in pectore”–secretly–by St. Paul VI in 1969. But the bishop was in a communist prison ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Blessed Iuliu Hossu, the Romanian Greek Catholic bishop of Cluj-Gherla, was named a cardinal “in pectore” — secretly — by St. Paul VI in 1969. But the bishop was in a communist ...