Tens of thousands march in Budapest against Orban
Budapest, Hungary Reuters Tens of thousands protested against the government of Viktor Orban in downtown Budapest on Saturday, led by a lawyer formerly close to the administration who recently launched a political movement that aims to challenge the Prime Minister. Protesters marched to parliament in the unusually warm spring weather, some of them shouting “we […]
Tens of thousands rally against Hungary’s Orban after sex abuse pardon scandal
Budapest, Hungary Reuters Tens of thousands of Hungarians protested in Budapest on Friday at the biggest rally against Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government for years, after a sex-abuse case pardon by President Katalin Novak caused public uproar and led to her resignation. Conservative Orban, who has been in power since 2010, has sought to defuse […]
Pope in final Mass in Budapest urges Hungary to open doors
Budapest, Hungary AP Pope Francis urged Hungarians to open their doors to others on Sunday, as he wrapped up a weekend visit with a plea for Europe to welcome migrants and the poor and for an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine. Francis issued the appeal from the banks of the Danube as he celebrated […]
Ukraine, migration, to top agenda as Pope Francis visits Hungary
Vatican CityReuters Pope Francis leaves on Friday on a three-day trip to Hungary, where the war in Ukraine, migration and Europe’s Christian roots are expected to top the agenda in his public addresses and private talks with nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Francis is going there to keep a promise of an official visit after […]
Roma pilgrims seek just “one glimpse” of Pope Francis at Hungary Mass
Budapest, HungaryReuters When Pope Francis visited Hungary two years ago, Roma pilgrim Csaba Kovesi, accompanied by a cross blessed by Francis and Pope John Paul II, drove around the country calling on people to travel to Budapest to see him. Now Kovesi is on a repeat mission, driving a pick-up resembling a “popemobile” with the […]
Pope to visit Hungary in April, migration and war on agenda
Rome, Italy/Budapest, Hungary AP Pope Francis will visit Hungary at the end of April, the Vatican said Monday, in a trip expected to focus on migration to Europe and Russia’s war in Ukraine. The 28th to 30th April trip to Budapest represents a proper state visit after Francis made a brief, hours-long stopover in 2021 […]
Ukraine’s young circus artists wow Budapest after training in bomb shelters at home
Budapest, HungaryReuters Young acrobats from circus schools across Ukraine dazzled audiences in Budapest this week when the city hosted a Ukrainian youth circus festival to showcase the talents of children forced by the war to train underground or without electricity. After months of practice in their home cities of Kharkiv, Kyiv, Dnipro, Odesa and Donetsk, […]
Snapshot: Hungarian Parliament Building, Budapest, Hungary
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Russian Orthodox Church sends its second most powerful figure on lower-ranking overseas posting
London, UKReuters Russia’s Orthodox Church has ousted its second most powerful bishop from his role in charge of foreign relations and sent him to Budapest, an abrupt decision indicating discord at the top of the Moscow Patriarchate over the war in Ukraine. The Holy Synod, which met at the white-walled 13th century Danilovsky Monastery in […]
Far from home, Ukrainian refugees pray at Easter for peace
Budapest, Hungary AP Far from home and unsure when or even if they will ever get back, Ukrainians displaced by war gathered at churches across Eastern Europe on Sunday to celebrate the Orthodox Easter holiday in safety and to pray for an end to the fighting with Russia. Hundreds of believers crowded into the Church of […]