Pope Francis during his visit to Budapest called Friday for recovery of the European spirit and rejection of 'adolescent belligerence' amid rising nationalism and war in Ukraine. ManilaBulletin
BUDAPEST, Hungary - Pope Francis during his visit to Budapest called Friday for recovery of the European spirit and rejection of "adolescent belligerence" amid rising nationalism and war in Ukraine.
"It is vital, then, to recover the European spirit," the pope said during a speech, attended by Orban together with other dignitaries, diplomats and members of civil society, as he warned against a "kind of adolescent belligerence".The pope arrived just before 10:00 am in the Hungarian capital, where key roads have been blocked for days as part of a major security operation surrounding the visit.
This is at odds with the pontiff's more welcoming stance towards those fleeing poverty or conflict zones. Francis last made a brief stopover in 2021 in Hungary -- where 39 percent of the population is Catholic.
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