It follows from the logic of Hungarian history that Hungary looks at the center of Christianity, the Vatican and the Holy Father, in a differentiated way - emphasized Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in a statement to the public media after receiving Pope Francis at a private hearing in the Vatican on Thursday.
The prime minister - whose first official trip after the elections was to Rome - added that he followed a great Hungarian tradition by being the first to accept the Holy Father's invitation after their election victory.
He emphasized: the war gives this a special significance, since the Holy Father is known for mobilizing his influence for the sake of peace, and Hungary also takes the position that there should be peace as soon as possible.
Answering a question, Viktor Orbán said: at the meeting, he officially invited Pope Francis to visit Hungary during the next year, to which he received an encouragingly positive response.
According to the prime minister, it was also discussed that, in proportion to the population, Hungary accepted the most refugees from Ukraine - 640 thousand - and even accepted students who are not Ukrainians, but studied in Ukraine and will now probably be able to continue their studies in Hungary.
"We are carrying out the biggest humanitarian operation of all time. This earns recognition and respect all over the world"
- emphasized the Prime Minister, who said that the Holy Father also mentioned this and encouraged us not to give up this good habit.
Viktor Orbán believed that a country maintains a spiritual and spiritual relationship with the Vatican, not political. He added: the most important agreement between the Vatican and the Hungarian state was formed with regard to families.
"We all think here in Rome, in the Vatican and in Budapest, that the most important community of our time is the family. This is the last bastion of salvation and the last refuge for modern man, therefore all our forces must be mobilized in order to protect and strengthen this community, the most important human community of the modern age, the family, and in this we can count on the Holy Father"
said Viktor Orbán.
The Prime Minister also spoke about the possibility that the Holy Father will visit Hungary again next year - accepting his official invitation - after last year's Eucharistic Congress.
Pope Francis receives Prime Minister Viktor Orbán for a private hearing (Photo: MTI/Vatican Media)
