Népszava went after Csaba Böjte, only because he (also) prayed for György Budaházy.
"The church should not take over the role of independent judiciary […], because nothing good has ever come out of it in the course of history, neither in this country nor elsewhere," writes Miklós Hargitai in Népszava. In Hungary, whether someone is guilty or innocent is not decided by church officials or politicians, but by state courts.
Franciscan monk Csaba Böjte is the recipient, who recently asked some of his young men to pray for the "innocently imprisoned György Budaházy and his companions" so that they can be released as soon as possible -
Let's pray that the justice system will say as soon as possible that yes, they can go back to their families, children, and communities.
Hargitai is right that a court decides whether someone is guilty or innocent; even if that judgment (in part or in whole) goes against people's sense of justice.
György Budaházy's severe sentence went against the sense of justice of Csaba Böjte (and many millions of other people) - that's why the Deva monk asked his young people to pray. (Of course, the columnist of Népszava knows this exactly, he is just unable to contain the old Bolshevik indoctrination: let the church stay with the idol stool!)RTL Híradó contacted brother Csaba, who said that he regularly prays for people in prison and often visits them to give lectures.
Jesus Christ also spoke about "I was in prison and you visited me", that is, he identified himself with suffering people in prison. I think it is our Christian duty to pray for them.And it's Holy Week. The week of our faith.
György Pilhál / Hungarian Nation
Featured image: István Biró / MTI/MTVA
