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Spanish court to investigate artists for exhibiting blasphemous sculptures

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ACI Prensa Staff, May 1, 2023 / 10:30 am (CNA).

The complaint alleges the so-called Collective of Southern Artists (CAS) committed the crime of derision of the Christian faith.

Hundreds of faithful gather in prayer for Pope Francis at Budapest’s oldest parish church    

The faithful, on their way to the papal Mass, celebrated in Budapest, Hungary, in the early hours of Sunday, April 30. / Szabó Zsófia

Budapest, Hungary, Apr 30, 2023 / 14:30 pm (CNA).

A time of celebration, prayer, and adoration for the faithful was held on the evening of April 29 at the Inner City Parish Church, the city’s oldest parish.

Pope Francis warns of technological domination, threat to human ecology at university in Hungary

In his address to a Catholic university in Hungary on April 30, 2023, Pope Francis spoke about the false freedoms offered by both communism and consumerism, and encouraged people to seek out Christ’s truth. / Vatican News

Rome, Italy, Apr 30, 2023 / 09:30 am (CNA).

The pope also spoke about the false freedoms offered by both communism and consumerism, and encouraged people to seek out Christ’s truth.

The Good Shepherd calls us to ‘open our hearts to love,’ Pope Francis says at Mass in Hungary

Pope Francis stands on an altar erected outside the Parliament Building in Budapest's Kossuth Lajos' Square during a public outdoor Mass on April 30, 2023. / Vatican Media

CNA Staff, Apr 30, 2023 / 05:47 am (CNA).

Some 50,000 people attended a public outdoor Mass with Pope Francis in Budapest on Sunday.

TEXT: ‘Don’t be couch potatoes!’ Pope Francis urges youth

Pope Francis holds a puzzle cube during his meeting with young people at a sports arena in Budapest, Hungary, on April 29, 2023. / Vatican Media

Budapest, Hungary, Apr 29, 2023 / 10:16 am (CNA).

“Life is real, not virtual. It does not take place on a screen, but in the world!” Pope Francis said in a meeting with young people in Budapest.

Pope Francis visits with children in Budapest with visual impairments

Pope Francis smiles during a meeting on April 29, 2023, with children and adults who are visually impaired and have other disabilities at a Catholic institute in Budapest, Hungary, dedicated to Blessed László Batthyány-Strattmann. / Vatican Media

CNA Staff, Apr 29, 2023 / 07:08 am (CNA).

At the end of the visit, the children and residents presented the pope with a handmade gift.

Speak the language of charity, Pope Francis encourages in Hungary

Pope Francis attends a meeting with poor people and refugees at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church in Budapest, Hungary, on April 29, 2023. / Vatican Media

CNA Staff, Apr 29, 2023 / 05:06 am (CNA).

“It is not enough to provide bread to fill stomachs; we need to fill people’s hearts!” Pope Francis said Saturday in Budapest.

Pope Francis: Solutions to loss of faith ‘come from the tabernacle, not the computer’

Pope Francis speaks to bishops, priests, deacons, consecrated persons, seminarians, and pastoral workers in St. Stephen's Co-Cathedral in Budapest, Hungary, April 28, 2023. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 28, 2023 / 14:30 pm (CNA).

Pope Francis addressed Hungarian clergy during the first day of his three-day visit to Budapest.

Pope Francis calls abortion ‘senseless’ and criticizes gender theory in Budapest speech

Pope Francis addresses civil authorities and other dignitaries at a former a Carmelite monastery in Budapest, Hungary, on April 28, 2023, on the first day of his three-day pilgrimage to the country. / Credit: Vatican Media

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 28, 2023 / 11:40 am (CNA).

The pope said abortion is “always a tragic defeat” in an address to Hungarian authorities.

Islamic terrorist in Jan. 25 attacks in Spain said Christian faith ‘must be eliminated’

Church of Our Lady of La Palma in Algeciras, Spain. / Credit: Faconaumanni (CC BY-SA 3.0) Wikimedia Commons

ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 28, 2023 / 10:00 am (CNA).

Yassine Kanjaa carried out jihadist attacks in Algeciras, Spain, killing a sacristan and seriously wounding a priest in two different incidents.