A Hungarian church leader has welcomed the fulfillment of state pledges to restore church properties to religious communities six decades after they were confiscated by the country's communist regime.

In a lengthy interview on the eve of Pope Francis’ trip to Hungary, Cardinal Péter Erdő, archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, noted that the motto of Pope Francis’ trip to Hungary is “Christ is our ...

A razor-wire or barbed-wire fence is seen in 2016 near the Austrian-Hungarian border station in Nickelsdorf, Austria. Hungarian lay Catholics have circulated a petition, signed by members of other ...

During the Pope’s trip to Hungary’s capital, Francis has added to his schedule a meeting with refugees from Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Nigeria, and South Sudan who have been aided by the Catholic Church ...

When Fr. Árpád Kanyó first arrived at his current parish, he didn’t know the language or culture of the people there. But he quickly learned about – and embraced – the new community he encountered. 80 ...

A recent official census of religious identity in Hungary offered bad news for those concerned with the future of Christianity in central Europe. For the first time, a majority of Hungarians (56.6%) ...

Baptism as an avenue of escape for Hungarian Jews facing deportation to death camps has been partially blocked as a result of pressure on the Catholic and Protestant churches in Hungary by the ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) – Hungary’s top court issued a ruling on Tuesday on the procedure the country should follow to decide which religions to officially recognize. But the verdict may have little ...

JURIST Guest Columnist Gabor Halmai of Eötvös Lóránd University, Budapest says that the Fourth Amendment to the Fundamental Law of Hungary undermines several ...

Sunday, Sept. 12, was a day to remember in Budapest, not only because more than 100,000 people turned out in Heroes Square and on its nearby streets to offer a rapturous welcome to Pope Francis, but ...