Media Shames Pope Into U-Turn on Hungary

Church Militant ^ | 6/9/21 | Jules Gomes

[marshmallow]

Francis will meet 'nationalist and populist' Prime Minister Viktor Orbán

BUDAPEST, Hungary (ChurchMilitant.com) - In a dramatic reversal, Pope Francis has agreed to meet Hungary's conservative Christian rulers during his September visit to the International Eucharistic Congress (IEC) after Hungarian media shamed the pontiff's behavior as "anti-Christian."

The pope "plans to meet separately with leaders of the Hungarian state, President János Áder, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, members of the government and senior state officials," the Hungarian Catholic Episcopal Conference (MKPK) announced Wednesday morning.

Francis will meet Hungary's rulers before he celebrates the IEC closing Mass, a MKPK press statement revealed, dismissing as "untrue" the "rumor that the Holy Father would have excluded anyone from his program."

"We find it unfortunate that false information and misinterpretations of the Holy Father's program in Hungary, which is still being organized, have spread in local and international media," the bishops' conference remarked in a press release.

'Correct Protocol' for a Visit

Sources told Church Militant that bishops, diplomats and Vatican officials had worked tirelessly to persuade Francis to change his mind after the pontiff expressed reluctance to tour Hungary or meet its leaders, limiting his trip to a three-hour stop for Mass.

Instead, Francis was planning to cross the border and spend three and a half days in Slovakia — a move reported as "a gigantic slap in the face" of Orbán, especially as Hungary is Europe's only country whose rulers have resolutely supported persecuted Christians.

[wildcard_redneck]

President János Áder or Prime Minister Viktor Orbán should call Bergolio the “antipope” right to his commie face.

[eeriegeno]

Sad that this guy has become such a political hack!

[packagingguy]

Having a rather intimate knowledge of the subject as my daughter has Hungarian citizenship, Orban is not generally regarded as the best person the country has to offer. However, he does keep the maniacal forces from the West at bay so he is the best among the rest of the bad politicians. Hungarians like their country (unlike leftists in the west) and this guy, for better or worse, will keep Hungary Hungarian. They even have signs for foreigners stating that if you love Hungary you love it as it is, not as you want it to be. Otherwise leave.