Dr. János Karaffa, the president of the Pázmaneum Társulás, told the felvidek.ma portal that the Hungarian Catholic community in Felvidék can witness a significant event, trusting that the event will bring about a change in the future in connection with the appointment of the Hungarian chief pastor, for which the community has been praying for more than thirty decades. highland Hungarians.
Last year, the XXXI. On the occasion of the Komáromi Imanap and the Prayer Nine held during the year, the Pázmaneum Társulás, like in the past years, once again formulated a Declaration of Welcome to Pope Francis, asking for his blessing on the Hungarian Catholics of the Highlands and the appointment of a Hungarian arch-pastor for them.
Dr. János Karaffa indicated: "Although we did not carry out a wide-scale collection of signatures due to the emergency caused by the virus, a few hundred signatures were still collected from those who participated in the days of prayer, and they also joined the initiative on the Internet. We sent the Declaration of Welcome with the signatures to the Holy Father.
János Karaffa, Komáromi Imanap in 2009 Photo: Pázmaneum Társulás
We also included some publications in the package, which present the life of Hungarian Catholics in the highlands. In the past few days, the Vatican reported back that the request had reached him, which he gladly accepted.
He sent his blessing to our Hungarian community and asked us to continue to support him with our prayers.
For the first time in 2005, and since then, the Pázmaneum Association sent a similar statement to Rome. The first time we received a response similar to the current one, but in the following years we did not receive this in writing. The Pázmáneum Társulás is confident that Pope Francis' current answer can give new hope to the Hungarians of the highlands who have been praying for the Hungarian head pastor and Hungarian priests for so long," said Father János.
The full article and the Pope's letter are available at: Felvidék.ma
