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Pope Francis to Visit Hungary in April
Catholic News Agency ^ | 2/27/23 | Hannah Brockhaus

Posted on 02/28/2023 7:05:15 PM PST by marshmallow

Rome Newsroom, Feb 27, 2023 / 05:50 am The Vatican announced Saturday that Pope Francis will visit Hungary for the second time, from April 28-30.

According to the Feb. 27 announcement, the three-day papal trip to Budapest will include meetings with Hungary President Katalin Novák, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, a private visit with children at the Blessed László Batthyány-Strattmann Institute, and meetings with poor people and migrants, young people, clergy, academics, and members of the Society of Jesus.

Pope Francis returns to the central European country after a short visit in 2021 for the 52nd International Eucharistic Congress.

The pope spent just under seven hours in Budapest to celebrate the congress’ closing Mass on Sept. 12 before embarking on a three-day trip to the neighboring country of Slovakia.

Pope Francis met Orbán during his 2021 visit to Hungary and in the Vatican in 2022. Novák, who was elected president of Hungary in March 2022, met Pope Francis at the Vatican last August. A Christian wife and mother, Novák was formerly Hungary’s family minister.

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1 posted on 02/28/2023 7:05:15 PM PST by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

I am of Hungarian descent, and I still have relatives there.

The old me: The pope is visiting Hungary. That’s very nice.
The new me: The pope is visiting Hungary. I wonder how much trouble he will cause there.

I could be wrong. But I think that the new me is smarter than the old me.


2 posted on 02/28/2023 7:10:56 PM PST by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: Leaning Right

Indeed, the globalist left hates Orban like they hated Trump. As the left’s resident chaplain, expect Bergoglio to make some sort of showy attempt to mock, embarrass and/or lecture Orban.


3 posted on 02/28/2023 7:16:14 PM PST by irishjuggler
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To: marshmallow

From Wikipedia:

Orbán is a member of the Calvinist-oriented Hungarian Reformed Church, while his wife and their five children were raised Catholic.[235] His son Gáspár Orbán converted in 2014 to the Faith Church, a Pentecostal denomination, and is currently a minister who claims to have heard from God and witnessed miraculous healings.[236]

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Orban is not Catholic. But, he is seemingly more Catholic than Bergoglio.


4 posted on 02/28/2023 7:23:55 PM PST by one guy in new jersey
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To: marshmallow

The Pope ain’t happy Hungary hasn’t committed national suicide.


5 posted on 03/01/2023 5:40:48 AM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: Leaning Right

Orban should loudly rebuke the Pope over his growing LGBT stance.


6 posted on 03/01/2023 6:20:06 AM PST by Socon-Econ (adi)
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To: marshmallow
Hungary’s Viktor Orbán: LGBT propaganda is ‘the greatest threat stalking our children’

I hope Orban has the means to deny a large public space to this pro-satan pretender. I remember when JPII went to Poland to help set people's minds free—FROM communism, not TOWARDS Godless communism and earth worship, like this present jackenlope.

7 posted on 03/01/2023 3:40:23 PM PST by Albion Wilde ("There is no good government at all & none possible."--Mark Twain)
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