Pope Francis Calls Hungarians to Spread Christ's Love

POPE FRANCIS IN HUNGARY April 2023

APOSTOLIC JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS to HUNGARY - 28 - 30 APRIL 2023
Friday, 28 April 2023 - ROME – BUDAPEST
08:10 Departure by airplane from Rome/Fiumicino International Airport to Budapest
10:00 Arrival at Budapest International Airport
10:00 Official welcome
11:00 Welcome Ceremony in the square of “Sándor” Palace
11:30 Courtesy Visit to the President of the Republic in “Sándor” Palace
11:55 Meeting with the Prime minister
12:20 Meeting with the Authorities, Civil Society and the Diplomatic Corps in the former Carmelite Monastery
17:00 Meeting with Bishops, Priests, Deacons, Consecrated Persons, Seminarians and Pastoral Workers in St. Stephen's Co-
Cathedral
Saturday, 29 April 2023 - BUDAPEST
08:45 Private visit to the Children of the “Blessed László Batthyány-Strattmann” Institute
10:15 Meeting with poor people and refugees in St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church
11:30 Visit to the Greek Catholic Community in Greek Catholic Church “Protection of the Mother of God”
16:30 Meeting with young people in “Papp László Budapest Sportaréna”
18:00 Private meeting with Members of the Society of Jesus in the Apostolic Nunciature
Sunday, 30 April 2023 - BUDAPEST – ROME
09:30 Holy Mass in Kossuth Lajos' Square
16:00 Meeting with the Academic and Cultural World at the Faculty of Information Technology and Bionics of the
Catholic University “Péter Pázmány”
17:30 Farewell Ceremony at Budapest International Airport
18:00 Departure by airplane from Budapest International Airport to Rome
19:55 Arrival at Rome/Fiumicino International Airport

Welcome Ceremony in the
square of “Sándor” Palace

Courtesy Visit to
the President of
the Republic in
“Sándor”
Palace

MEETING WITH THE AUTHORITIES, CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS

1. A city of history. This capital has
ancient origins, as evidenced by its
remains from Celtic and Roman times

I think of the
Nuncio Angelo
Rotta, for
example –
and of the great
resilience and
commitment
shown in the
work of
rebuilding

politics serves more
to stir up emotions
rather than to
resolve problems,
as the maturity
attained after
the horrors of the
war gives way to
regression towards
a kind of adolescent
belligerence

It is vital, then, to recover the European spirit: the excitement and vision
of its founders, who were statesmen able to look beyond their own times,
beyond national boundaries and immediate needs, and to generate forms
of diplomacy capable of pursuing unity, not aggravating divisions

2. Budapest is a city of bridges

This harmony with the natural environment leads me to note
the praiseworthy concern for ecology shown by the nation

the Hungarian Constitution rightly states: “Individual freedom can only
be complete in cooperation with others”, and again, “We believe that our
national culture is a rich contribution to the diversity of European unity”

This is the baneful path taken by those forms of “ideological
colonization” that would cancel differences, as in the case of the
so-called gender theory, or that would place before the reality of life
reductive concepts of freedom, for example by vaunting as progress
a senseless “right to abortion”, which is always a tragic defeat.

How much better it would be
to build a Europe centred on
the human person and on
its peoples, with effective
policies for natality and the
family like those pursued
attentively in this country –

…a Europe whose different nations would form a single family
that protects the growth and uniqueness of each of its members

the Abbey of Pannonhalma, one of the great spiritual monuments
of this country, a place of prayer and itself a bridge of fraternity

A city of saints - Saint Elizabeth –
Saint Stephen, Blessed Gisela
and son Saint Emeric –
“I urge you to show favour not only to relations
and kin, or to the powerful and wealthy, or to
your neighbours and fellow-countrymen, but
also to foreigners and all who come to you”.

This calls for a sound sense of “laicity” that does not degenerate
into the widespread “laicism” that is allergic to any aspect of
the sacred, yet ready to sacrifice itself at the altars of profit

Pannonia Sacra, -
Saint Ladislas and Saint Margaret, and to
recall a few majestic figures of the past
century, such as Cardinal József Mindszenty,
Blessed Vilmos Apor and Blessed Zoltán
Meszlényi, bishops and martyrs, and Blessed
László Battyány-Strattmann

MEETING WITH BISHOPS, PRIESTS, DEACONS, CONSECRATED
PERSONS, SEMINARIANS AND PASTORAL WORKERS

The risen Christ, the centre of history, is indeed the future.
Our lives, for all their frailty, are held firmly in his hands

The gospel gives us the grace of discernment, to enable us to approach
our own time with openness, but also with a spirit of prophecy

we are called to cultivate this present season: to interpret it, to sow the seeds
of the Gospel, to prune the dead branches of evil and to allow it to bear fruit.

First, by prayer, since the solutions will come from the Lord and not
from the world, from the tabernacle and not from the computer

our first pastoral priority is to bear witness to communion, for God
is communion and he is present wherever there is fraternal charity

I was struck by the words of Father József, - who reminded us of the
dedicated ministry of his brother, Blessed János Brenner, who was
barbarously murdered at the young age of 26. How many witnesses
and confessors of the faith did your people have during the totalitarian
regimes of the last century! You have suffered greatly!

Saint Martin.
The image of his
sharing his cloak with a
poor man is more than
a mere example of
charity: it is an image
of the Church for which
we strive and of what
the Church in Hungary
can bring to the heart
of Europe: the
prophetic witness of
mercy and closeness

Saint Stephen,
whose relics are here
by me. Saint Stephen,
who first entrusted
the nation to the
Mother of God,
was an intrepid
evangelizer and
founder of
monasteries
and abbeys

Cardinal Mindszenty, who so believed in the power of prayer that even
today, his words are repeated, almost like a popular saying: “If a
million Hungarians are praying, I will have no fear of the future

VISIT TO THE CHILDREN OF THE “BLESSED LÁSZLÓ
BATTHYÁNY-STRATTMANN” INSTITUTE

the prayer of Saint Francis,
which is a plan for life.
Because the Saint always
asks for the grace
that where there is nothing
I can do something, when
something is lacking
I can do something

MEETING WITH POOR PEOPLE AND REFUGEES
St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church (Budapest)

Bishop Antal - Genuine faith is challenging, it takes risks, it leads us to encounter
the poor and, by the witness of our lives, to speak the language of charity

Saint Elizabeth - once she
was touched and transformed by
her encounter with Christ, she
felt repelled by worldly riches
and vanities, and sought to
renounce them and to care
for those in need

We need a Church that is fluent in the language of charity,
that universal language which everyone can hear and understand,
even those farthest from us, even those who are not believers

we need to fill
people’s hearts!
Charity is much more
than material and
social assistance.
It has to do with
the whole person;

it strives to put
people back on
their feet with the
love of Jesus: a love
that helps them to
recover their beauty
and their dignity

Visit to the Greek
Catholic Community
in Greek Catholic
Church “Protection of
the Mother of God”

MEETING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE
“Papp László Budapest Sportaréna” (Budapest)

First, aim high –
Do you have a good
quality? Invest in it,
don’t be afraid!
Do you feel in your
heart that you have
the possibility of
helping others? Do
you sense how good it
is to love the Lord, to
have a large family, to
help those in need?

The second is to train –
Jesus believes in you and is
able to bring out the best in
you. He constantly invites you
to be a team player, never
alone but with others:

Silence is the soil in which we cultivate good relationships

Life is real, not virtual. It does not take place on a
screen, but in the world! Please do not “virtualize” life!

Franz Liszt - before a composition or performance,
perhaps even after a moment of enjoyment at the
piano, it was usual for him to pray

Jesus, by his questions and by his love, together with his
Spirit, acts deep within us to make us real, authentic people

Look ahead, to the Lord, have courage!
The Lord wants us the way we are, the way
we are now, and he loves us the way we are

Jesus’ multiplication
of the loaves and fish
started with a young
person who shared
with him, for the sake
of others. In Jesus’
hands, the little he
possessed became
much. Faith is that
way: it starts with
giving freely, with
enthusiasm and
generosity, over-
coming our fears and
stepping forward!

Dear friends, each of you is precious to Jesus, and also
to me! Remember that no one can take your place in
the history of the world and the Church: no one can
take your place, no one can do what only you can do.

MASS AND HOMILY OF POPE FRANCIS
Kossuth Lajos' Square (Budapest)

“I came that they may have life and have it abundantly” (Jn 10:10).
That is what a good shepherd does: he gives his life for his sheep

It is good for us to be together: bishops and priests, religious and lay faithful.
And it is beautiful to share this joy of ours with the ecumenical delegations, the
leaders of the Jewish community, the representatives of civil institutions and the
diplomatic corps. This is the meaning of catholicity: all of us, called by name
by the Good Shepherd, are summoned to receive and spread his love

First, he brought them into the fold, calling them
by name; now he sends them out (Jn 10:3).

He says, “I am the door; if anyone enters through me,
he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture”

After bringing us back into God’s embrace and into the fold of the Church, Jesus is the door
that leads us back into the world. He urges us to go forth to encounter our brothers and sisters

we are called to step out of our comfort zones and find the courage to reach out to
all those peripheries that need the light of the Gospel (cf. Evangelii Gaudium, 20)

Let us try to be – in our words, deeds and daily activities – like Jesus, an open
door: a door that is never shut in anyone’s face, a door that enables everyone
to enter and experience the beauty of the Lord’s love and forgiveness

Christ does not lord it over the flock entrusted to his care; he does not occupy spaces
that belong to his lay brothers and sisters; he does not exercise inflexible authority

MEETING WITH THE ACADEMIC AND CULTURAL WORLD
Faculty of Information Technology and Bionics of the
Catholic University “Péter Pázmány” (Budapest)

Culture is in some sense like the Danube, a great
river: It runs through and connects various areas
of life and history, enabling us to navigate in this
world and to embrace distant countries and lands

much of what Guardini foresaw seems obvious to us today - the lack of [ethical] boundaries,
the mentality that “if it is do-able, then it is permissible.” We can think too of our tendency to
concentrate not on persons and their relationships, but on the individual, absorbed in his or her
needs, greedy for gain and power, and on the consequent erosion of communal bonds, with the
result that alienation and anxiety are no longer merely existential crises, but societal problems

“Culture must be directed to the total perfection of the
human person, to the good of the community and human
society as a whole. It should cultivate the mind in such a way
as to encourage a capacity for wonder, for understanding,
for contemplation for forming personal judgments and
cultivating a religious, moral and social sense” (G et Spes, 59)

True lovers of culture, … They research, they raise questions, they take risks and they
continue to probe. They are able to move beyond their certitudes and plunge with
humility into the mystery of life, which reveals itself to the restless not the
complacent, is open to other cultures and calls for the sharing of knowledge

The famous maxim from the
temple of Delphi comes to mind:
“Know thyself.” - “The truth will
make you free” (Jn 8:32).

Consumerism
promises a hedonistic,
conformist, libertine
“freedom” that
enslaves people
to consumption and
to material objects

Jesus offers a way
forward; he tells us
that truth frees us from
our fixations and our
narrowness. The key
to accessing this truth
is a form of knowledge
that is never detached
from love, a
knowledge that is
relational, humble and
open, concrete and
communal, courageous
and constructive

REGINA CAELI - We are united by the Gospel, and it is by returning there, to
the source, that our ecumenical journey will continue, in accordance with the
will of Jesus, the Good Shepherd, who desires us to be united in one flock

Blessed Virgin, watch over the peoples
who suffer so greatly. In a special way,
watch over the neighbouring,
beleaguered Ukrainian people and the
Russian people, both consecrated to you.
You, who are the Queen of Peace, instil
in the hearts of peoples and their leaders
the desire to build peace and to give the
younger generations a future of hope,
not war, a future full of cradles not tombs,
a world of brothers and sisters,
not walls and barricades

We pray to you for the Church in Europe, that she may find strength in prayer, renewed
humility and obedience, and be an example of convincing witness and joyful proclamation

LIST OF PRESENTATIONS IN ENGLISH
Revised 1-11-2022
Advent and Christmas – time of hope and peace
All Souls Day
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – In the Light of the Word
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – The Experiences and Challenges of Families
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 - Looking to Jesus, the Vocation of the Family
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - Love in Marriage
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Love made Fruitfuol
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Some Pastoral Perspectives
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Towards a better education of children
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Accompanying, discerning and integrating
weaknwss
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – The Spirituality of Marriage and the Family
Beloved Amazon 1ª – A Social Dream
Beloved Amazon 2 - A Cultural Dream
Beloved Amazon 3 – An Ecological Dream
Beloved Amazon 4 - An Ecclesiastical Dream
Carnival
Conscience
Christ is Alive
Deus Caritas est 1,2– Benedict XVI
Fatima, History of the Apparitiions
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – Church and Family today
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - God’s plan for the family
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – family as a Community
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – serving life and education
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – mission of the family in society
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - Family in the Church
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Football in Spain
Freedom
Grace and Justification
Haurietis aquas – devotion to the Sacred Heart by Pius XII
Holidays and Holy Days
Holy Spirit
Holy Week – drawings for children
Holy Week – glmjpses of the last hours of JC
Human Community
Inauguration of President Donald Trump
Juno explores Jupiter
Kingdom of Christ
Saint John N. Neumann, bishop of Philadelphia
Saint John Paul II, Karol Wojtyla
Saint Joseph
Saint Leo the Great
Saint Luke, evangelist
Saint Margaret, Queen of Scotland
Saint Maria Goretti
Saint Mary Magdalen
Saint Mark, evangelist
Saint Martha, Mary and Lazarus
Saint Martin de Porres
Saint Martin of Tours
Sain Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist
Saint Maximilian Kolbe
Saint Mother Theresa of Calcutta
Saints Nazario and Celso
Saint Philip and James the lesser
Saint John Chrysostom
Saint Jean Baptiste MarieaVianney, Curé of Ars
Saint John N. Neumann, bishop of Philadelphia
Saint John of the Cross
Saint Mother Teresa of Calcuta
Saint Patrick and Ireland
Saing Peter Claver
Saint Robert Bellarmine
Saint Therese of Lisieux
Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles
Saint Stephen, proto-martyr
Saint Thomas Becket
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Saints Zachary and Elizabeth, parents of John Baptist
Signs of hope
Sunday – day of the Lord
Thanksgiving – History and Customs
The Body, the cult – (Eucharist)
The Chursh, Mother and Teacher
Valentine
Vocation to Beatitude
Virgin of Guadalupe – Apparitions
Virgin of the Pillar and Hispaniic feast day
Virgin of Sheshan, China
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WMoFamilies Rome 2022 – festval of families
Way of the Cross – drawings for children
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Laudato si 1 – care for the common home
Laudato si 2 – Gospel of creation
Laudato si 3 – Human roots of the ecological crisis
Laudato si 4 – integral ecology
Laudato si 5 – lines of approach and action
Laudato si 6 – Education y Ecological Spirituality
Life in Christ
Love and Marriage 12,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
Lumen Fidei – ch 1,2,3,4
Mary – Doctrine and dogmas
Mary in the bible
Martyrs of Korea
Martyrs of North America and Canada
Medjugore Santuario Mariano
Merit and Holiness
Misericordiae Vultus in English
Moral Law
Morality of Human Acts
Passions
Pope Francis in Bahrain
Pope Francis in Thailand
Pope Francis in Japan
Pope Francis in Sweden
Pope Francis in Hungary, Slovaquia
Pope Francis in America
Pope Francis in the WYD in Poland 2016
Passions
Querida Amazonia
Resurrection of Jesus Christ –according to the Gospels
Russian Revolution and Communismo 1,2,3
Saint Agatha, virgin and martyr
Saint Agnes of Rome, virgin and martyr
Saint Albert the Great
Saint Andrew, Apostle
Saint Anthony of the desert, Egypt
Saint Anthony of Padua
Saint Bernadette of Lourdes
Saint Bruno, fuunder of the Carthusians
Saaint Columbanus 1,2
Saint Charles Borromeo
Saint Cecilia
Saint Faustina Kowalska and thee divine mercy
Saint Francis de Sales
Saint Francis of Assisi
Saint Francis Xaviour
Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Saint James, apostle
Saint John, apsotle and evangelist

LISTA DE PRESENTACIONES EN ESPAÑOL
Revisado 1-11-2022
Abuelos
Adviento y Navidad, tiempo de esperanza
Amor y Matrimonio 1 - 9
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – A la luz de la Palabre
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – Realidad y Desafíos de las Familias
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 La mirada puesta en Jesús: Vocación de la
Familia
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - El Amor en el Matrimonio
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Amor que se vuelve fecundo
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Algunas Perspectivas Pastorales
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Fortalecer la educacion de los hijos
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Acompañar, discernir e integrar la fragilidad
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – Espiritualidad Matrimonial y Familiar
Carnaval
Conciencia
Cristo Vive
Deus Caritas est 1,2– Benedicto XVI
Dia de todos los difuntos
Domingo – día del Señor
El camino de la cruz de JC en dibujos para niños
El Cuerpo, el culto – (eucarisía)
Encuentro Mundial de Familias Roma 2022 – festival de las familias
Espíritu Santo
Fatima – Historia de las apariciones
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – iglesia y familia hoy
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - el plan de Dios para la familia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – familia como comunidad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – servicio a la vida y educación
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – misión de la familia en la sociedad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - participación de la familia en la iglesia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Fátima – Historia de las Apariciones de la Virgen
Feria de Sevilla
Haurietis aquas – el culto al Sagrado Corazón
Hermandades y cofradías
Hispanidad
La Iglesia, Madre y Maestra
La Comunidad Humana
La Vida en Cristo
Laudato si 1 – cuidado del hogar común
Laudato si 2 – evangelio de creación
Laudato si 3 – La raíz de la crisis ecológica
Laudato si 4 – ecología integral
Laudato si 5 – líneas de acción
Laudato si 6 – Educación y Espiritualidad Ecológica
San Marco, evangelista
San Ignacio de Loyola
San Marco, evangelista
San Ignacio de Loyola
San José, obrero, marido, padre
San Juan, apostol y evangelista
San Juan Ma Vianney, Curé de’Ars
San Juan Crisostom
San Juan de la Cruz
San Juan N. Neumann, obispo de Philadelphia
San Juan Pablo II, Karol Wojtyla
San Leon Magno
San Lucas, evangelista
San Mateo, Apóstol y Evangelista
San Martin de Porres
San Martin de Tours
San Mateo, Apostol y Evangelista
San Maximiliano Kolbe
Santos Simon y Judaa Tadeo, aposttoles
San Nazario e Celso
San Padre Pio de Pietralcina
San Patricio e Irlanda
San Pedro Claver
San Roberto Belarmino
Santiago Apóstol
San Tomás Becket
SanTomás de Aquino
Santos Zacarias e Isabel, padres de Juan Bautista
Semana santa – Vistas de las últimas horas de JC
Vacaciones Cristianas
Valentín
Vida en Cristo
Virgen de Guadalupe, Mexico
Virgen de Pilar – fiesta de la hispanidad
Virgen de Sheshan, China
Virtud
Vocación a la bienaventuranza
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Vocación a evangelizar
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Lumen Fidei – cap 1,2,3,4
María y la Biblia
Martires de Corea
Martires de Nor America y Canada
Medjugore peregrinación
Misericordiae Vultus en Español
Moralidad de actos humanos
Pasiones
Papa Francisco en Baréin
Papa Francisco en Bulgaria
Papa Francisco en Rumania
Papa Francisco en Marruecos
Papa Francisco en México
Papa Francisco – Jornada Mundial Juventud 2016
Papa Francisco – visita a Chile
Papa Francisco – visita a Perú
Papa Francisco en Colombia 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Cuba
Papa Francisco en Fátima
Papa Francisco en la JMJ 2016 – Polonia
Papa Francisco en Hugaría e Eslovaquia
Queridas Amazoznia 1,2,3,4
El Reino de Cristo
Resurrección de Jesucristo – según los Evangelios
Revolución Rusa y Comunismo 1, 2, 3
Santa Agata, virgen y martir
San Alberto Magno
San Andrés, Apostol
Sant Antonio de l Deserto, Egipto
San Antonio de Padua
San Bruno, fundador del Cartujo
San Carlos Borromeo
San Columbanus 1,2
San Esteban, proto-martir
San Francisco de Asis 1,2,3,4
San Francisco de Sales
San Francisco Javier
Santa Bernadita de Lourdes
Santa Cecilia
Santa Faustina Kowalska, y la divina misericordia
San Felipe y Santiago el menor
SantaInés de Roma, virgen y martir
SantaMargarita de Escocia
Santa Maria Goretti
Santa María Magdalena
Santa Teresa de Calcuta
Santa Teresa de Lisieux
Santos Marta, Maria, y Lazaro

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