Hungary is waiting for Francis with a firm footing.
This country of high Christian tradition - two thirds of its population say they are Catholic - did not appreciate the behavior of the pope, on September 12, 2021. The head of the Catholic Church, rather cold with the Prime Minister, Viktor Orban , and its immigration policy, had seemed to disdain this country.
He had stopped there for only a few hours to celebrate the closing Mass of an international Eucharistic congress before taking off again immediately for Slovakia, which he had visited for several days.
From Friday to Sunday, in Budapest, François will make up for this affront.
He had promised to come back.
The outline of this 41st trip outside Italy since his election in 2013 seems classic, but it is not, given what is at stake: he meets the political authorities on Friday, including the President of the Republic, Katalin Novak, then , separately, Prime Minister Orban and, later, the religious world.
On Saturday he...
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