Pope Francis announced his decision on Sunday to name Archbishop Emeritus of Kaunas Sigitas Tamkevicius a cardinal.
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Sigitas Tamkevičius (born November 7, 1938 in Gudonys, in Lazdijai district) is a Lithuanian archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as Archbishop of Kaunas.
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.
Nijolė Sadūnaitė lives in a convent outside Vilnius and doesn't hear news very often, as she does not use the Internet, does not watch television and hardly listens to the radio, therefore, she only heard about the Lithuanian parliament's decision to award her with the Freedom Prize many hours after...
The Lithuanian parliament decided on Thursday to award the Freedom Prize to Nijolė Sadūnaitė, a Roman Catholic nun and former Soviet-time dissident.
Lithuania celebrated on Saturday the 27th anniversary of restoration of independence.
Lithuanian Bishops' Conference President Archbishop Sigitas Tamkevičius has called on Lithuania's president, government and members of the Seimas to do everything in their power for violence in Iraq to end.
