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About a six hundred refugees and poor people gathered at St. Elizabeth's Church in Budapest, to listen first-hand to Pope Francis’ words of closeness for those he carries closest to his heart. Some one thousand others filled Rózsák Square outside.The Pope said he was moved by the stories, and he reflected on the testimony brought by Oleg and his family who fled the horrors of war in Ukraine.
Amongst those gathered at St Elizabeth’s Church, many were from Ukraine, but also from Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Nigeria, South Sudan and other countries. “Genuine faith is challenging, it takes risks, it leads us to encounter the poor and, by the witness of our lives, to speak theHe recalled that Saint Elizabeth, to whom the Hungarian people have great devotion, spoke the language of charity.
The Pope noted that many of the lives of those present to be with him today, are lives marked by pain but also touched by the charity, thanks also to the Greek Catholic Church that has shown “compassion toward all, especially those experiencing poverty, illness and pain.” "Thank you too, for having welcomed – not only with generosity but also with enthusiasm – so many refugees from Ukraine," he said.
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