The Papal visit has provoked fierce recriminations across the political divide. Each side accuses the other of instrumentalising the presence of the Pontiff for
BUDAPEST: As Pope Francis gears up to visit Hungary for the second time in less than two years on Friday, he is being awaited by the country’s Catholics and its nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
Yet, the self-styled “defender of Christian Europe” has frequently diverged from the pope’s messages – on topics from migration to LGBTQ rights – in a bid to reintroduce religion in the largely secular nation while trumpeting his political agenda.
As Pope Francis gears up to visit Hungary for the second time in less than two years on Friday, he is being awaited by the country's Catholics and its nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
When Pope Francis arrives in Budapest tomorrow, church and political leaders around the world will be watching his meeting with Hungary's controversial prime minister.