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The following remarks were delivered April 2 during a panel at the Danube Institute’s conference in Budapest, where EWTN Europe correspondent Solène Tadié was invited to offer on-the-ground insights into how young Europeans are rediscovering tradition and reclaiming Christianity.
Despite their different emphases, the panelists all converged on the idea that the family crisis is real, multifaceted, and politically unavoidable.
Two days of celebrations were held in the Hungarian capital March 21-22, bringing together religious leaders from Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Lithuania.
A recently inaugurated chapel in Hungary, commemorating the two events that anticipated major upheavals in the West, is intended as a shrine of prayer for world peace.
On the occasion of a traditional blessing, Archbishop Fülöp Kocsis reflects on the Christian meaning of purification and its ability to counter contemporary secularization, saying proudly displaying traditional emblems is also a way of evangelizing.
‘Nothing is more unifying than hope in Jesus,’ said Father Zoltán Osztie, parish priest of the Inner City Parish Church.
At the end of the visit, the children and residents joined the Pope in praying the Our Father, which they had learned in Latin.
The Hungarian capital represents an alternative to progressive secular politics and has drawn a crowd of international conservative intellectuals to the shores of the Danube.
Pope Francis’ two public addresses on April 29 will take place during a meeting with poor and refugees at St. Elizabeth Hungary Church and another with young adults at the Budapest Sports Arena.
Pope Francis is scheduled to be the principal celebrant of the closing Mass in Heroes’ Square at 11:30 a.m. on Sept. 12.
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