Pope Francis, starting a trip to Hungary, on Friday pointedly warned of the dangers of rising nationalism in Europe and told the Budapest government that accepting migrants along with the rest of the continent would be a true sign of Christianity.
Orban, whose government built a steel fence on the border with Serbia to keep out migrants, has refused to let Hungary be transformed into an "immigrant country" like he says others in Europe have become.HUNGARY'S FOUNDER SAINT
"Those who profess themselves Christian, in the company of the witnesses of faith, are called to bear witness to and to join forces with everyone in cultivating a humanism inspired by the Gospel and moving along two fundamental tracks: acknowledging ourselves to be beloved children of the Father and loving one another as brothers and sisters," Francis said.
But Francis appeared to give comfort to Orban's rejection of the imposition of what he says are liberal values by outsiders. Francis denounced any form of "ideological colonization" on issues such as "so-called gender theory" or "the right to abortion".
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