The Hoy Father called Blessed Iuliu Hossu ‘an apostle of hope.’ Pope Leo XIV exits the Sistine Chapel following a June 2, 2025, ceremony commemorating the life and legacy of Blessed Iuliu ...

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

To commemorate Hossu’s beatification, as part of a broader year dedicated to Blessed Cardinal Iuliu Hossu organized by the Romanian Parliament, two separate events were held in Rome June 1-2 to ...

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 ...

The focus of the days, which alternated between educational opportunities, spiritual moments, and recreational activities, was Blessed Iuliu Hossu, Greek Catholic Bishop of Cluj-Gherla and martyr, on ...

Iuliu Hossu, the 140th anniversary of whose birth will be celebrated in 2025, was a Romanian Greek Catholic bishop, who died in 1970, after more than twenty years of forced domicile during the ...

A Romanian stamp featuring Bishop Iuliu Hossu of the Romanian Diocese of Cluj-Gherla, who was among the seven bishops whose martyrdom was recognized by the pope March 19, 2019. Public domain.

In 1969, Blessed Cardinal Iuliu Hossu, the Greek Catholic bishop of Cluj-Gherla, was named a cardinal in pectore (in secret) by St. Paul VI. Credit: Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons ...