BUDAPEST - Pope Francis met Ukrainian refugees on the second day of his visit to Hungary on Saturday (April 29), telling them a different future was possible as they described the hardships they have faced since the war began. Francis met about 600 refugees, poor and homeless people in a visit to a Budapest church a day after warning of...
Remo Casilli greets people as he arrives to attend a meeting with youth at the Laszlo Papp Sport Arena during his apostolic journey in Budapest, Hungary, on April 29, 2023.BUDAPEST - Pope Francis met Ukrainian refugees on the second day of his visit to Hungary on Saturday , telling them a different future was possible as they described the hardships they have faced since the war began.
Earlier, he listened as one refugee, Oleg Yakovlev, told him how he and his wife, Lyudmila, and their five children had to leave their home city of Dnipro a year ago after Russian bombings. Francis, echoing his speech on Friday, said expressing compassion for those suffering from poverty and tragedy is an integral part of being a Christian, even if those in need are non-believers.
In a move significant for inter-religious dialogue, the pope also met with Metropolitan Hilarion, representative of the Russian Orthodox Church in Budapest, who was effectively ousted from the number two post at ROC headquarters in Moscow last year following internal differences on Ukraine.
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