BUCHAREST (CNS): “Only to the extent that a society is concerned for its most disadvantaged members, can it be considered truly civil,” Pope Francis told Romanian leaders as he arrived for his three day visit on May 31.
 

VATICAN (CNS): During his May 31 to June 2 visit to Romania, Pope Francis will beatify seven bishops of the Eastern-rite Romanian Catholic Church, who were martyred during a fierce anti-religious campaign waged under the communist regime, and stop at six destinations, including a popular Marian shrine in the Transylvanian region.
 
His visit to the predominately Orthodox country will be his 30th foreign trip after visiting Morocco in late March and Bulgaria and Macedonia in early May.