Pope Francis

Pope Francis on Sunday called on the faithful in Lithuania to care for socially vulnerable groups and ethnic minorities and resist the thirst for glory.

Over 100,000 worshipers have gathered on Sunday morning in Lithuania's second-largest city of Kaunas for the Holy Mass celebrated by Pope Francis.

Pope Francis, arriving in Lithuania on Saturday, might ask the Baltic states for solidarity in accepting refugees escaping war conflicts, Vatican journalists told BNS Lithuania.

Pope Francis, who arrived in Vilnius on Saturday, called on Lithuanians to be open and compassionate and become "a bridge between Eastern and Western Europe".

Pope Francis has landed in Lithuania on Saturday at the start of his four-day Baltic tour during which he will show respect to the three nations' independence and pay homage to the victims of the Nazi and Soviet regimes.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė will on Saturday present Pope Francis with a smaller replica of the Freedom Bell of Lithuania and a recording of "Gloria Lietuvai" (Gloria to Lithuania), a musical composition that was performed on February 16 when the nation marked the centennial of the modern state of ...

3D model will give access to one of Catholicism’s most important paintings to millions around the world, a press release from Go Vilnius states.

The world will have its eyes set on the pope visiting Lithuania this weekend to see if he will touch upon the sexual abuse scandal rocking the Catholic Church.

Pope Francis says he will pay respect to freedom fight victims during his upcoming visit to the Baltic states and will seek to promote confidence in the future.

Lithuania's government hopes the upcoming papal visit will encourage religious tourism in the country as around 250 foreign journalists are coming to Lithuania to cover Pope Francis' visit.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that Pope Francis will pay homage to the region's painful history during his visit to Lithuania this weekend and will send a message that we cannot allow a repetition of crimes committed by the totalitarian regimes.

With cooler temperatures and showers in the forecast for the coming weekend, the archbishop of Vilnius hopes this will not affect Pope Francis' visit to Lithuania.

In preparation for Pope Francis’ visit to Lithuania on 22-23 September, Vilnius is inviting visitors from all over the world to discover the city’s pilgrimage routes and the hidden gems of its sacral heritage.

Pope Francis will say a silent prayer in the place of former Vilnius Ghetto 75 years since its liquidation.

Pope Francis will send an important message to the world from Vilnius when he will pay respect to victims of Soviet terror, Kaunas Archbishop Sigitas Tamkevičius says.

Caritas of Vilnius Archdiocese has launched a campaign to collect donations for flood-ravaged India.

Authorities have issued over 90,000 invitations to attend a meeting with Pope Francis in a park in Kaunas next Sunday.

Pope Francis' visit to Lithuania in late September will place the country in the world's spotlight, Gintaras Grušas, the archbishop of Vilnius, said on Tuesday.

The maximum amount of the state's additional spending on organizing Pope Francis' visit to Lithuania later this month goes down from 1.75 million euros to 1.45 million euros, Government Vice-Chancellor Alminas Mačiulis said on Tuesday.

A cross marking the site where a church named after Pope John Paul II will be built in the Lithuanian capital's Pašilaičiai neighborhood will be blessed on Tuesday, on the 25th anniversary of the pontiff's visit to the country, Vilnius Archdiocese said.