Iuliu Hossu was a Greek-Catholic bishop and cardinal in pectore. He was born on Jan. 30, 1885, in Milas. In 1904, he began his theological studies at the College of Propaganda Fide in Rome.

Iuliu Hossu was a Greek Catholic bishop and cardinal in pectore. He was born on Jan. 30, 1885, in Milas. In 1904, he began his theological studies at the College of Propaganda Fide in Rome.

Blessed Iuliu Hossu, persecuted by the communist regime in Romania, was created a cardinal secretly — in pectore — by Pope St. Paul VI in 1969. He died in 1970, and his cardinalatial status ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cardinal Iuliu Hossu made a fundamental contribution to the consolidation of national unity, both as a church leader and as a senator in the Romanian Parliament, 'cultivating a spirit of institutional ...

Walter Sánchez Silva is a senior writer for ACI Prensa (https://www.aciprensa.com). With more than 15 years of experience, he has reported from important ecclesial events in Europe, Asia and ...

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 ...

The bishop Iuliu Hossu stands up in front of the torturers and through courage and stature becomes an inspiration for the other priests. Starring Radu Botar Ioachim Ciobanu Cristian Iacob.