Pope Francis is coming to Budapest from 28 to 30 April at the invitation of the Hungarian authorities, where, in particular, he will meet with Prime Minister Viktor Orban. It is reported by Vatican News.

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The Pope will meet on April 28 with Viktor Orban, the Hungarian prime minister, whose anti-migrant policy he does not share. During his 41st international trip since his election in 2013, the Pope will also meet with refugees, youth, local church members and representatives of the cultural sector. As always during his travels, he will also address the political and diplomatic authorities and lead the mass.

Pope Francis visited Budapest on September 12, 2021, where he celebrated the final Holy Mass of the 52nd International Eucharistic Congress, after which he flew to Slovakia.

Since it was not possible then to make a full-fledged Apostolic journey, he promised to conduct it later. Twice, in 1991 and 1996, St. John Paul II visited Hungary..

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Earlier, on the eve of the anniversary of the full-scale invasion, Pope Francis issued a statement calling on Ukraine and Russia to cease fire and start negotiations, although in the West everyone already understood that Moscow was not in the mood to talk about the real world now..