Blessed L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Batthy\u00e1ny-Strattmann Institute<\/a> in Budapest was founded by the nun and social worker Anna Feh\u00e9r (1947-2021) during the communist era and is currently managed by the Kolping Association. The residence is named after the ophthalmologist and father of the family L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Batthy\u00e1ny-Strattmann (1870-1931), beatified by Pope John Paul II in 2003. This aristocrat devoted himself entirely to the poor, founded hospitals and self-sacrificingly cared for his poorest patients. In March 2023, the process for the beatification of his wife, Maria Theresia Coreth, who was Batthy\u00e1ny-Strattmann's closest collaborator and confidant, will begin.<\/p>\n\n\n\nPersonal impression of the visit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n During his three-day pastoral visit, Francis fulfilled the usual appointments on these occasions, such as meetings with representatives of the State, the local Church and young Christians, but he also brought his personal touch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
For example, outside the official program, he received the Russian Orthodox bishop in Hungary, Hilarion (Alfeyev). Metropolitan Hilarion had been one of the most influential figures in the Moscow Patriarchate as head of the foreign office since 2009. But, a few months after Russia's attack on Ukraine in 2022, he was deposed by Patriarch Cyril for unknown reasons and appointed bishop of the tiny Russian Orthodox community in Hungary. Pope Francis told reporters on his return trip from Budapest about his talks with Hilarion that \"they had not only talked about Little Red Riding Hood,\" but also, for example, about the question of peace in Ukraine. Also not on the official program was a private meeting of the Pope with the mayor of Budapest, Gergely Kar\u00e1csony. This politician opposed to the government has been in office since 2019, and repeatedly complains about the lack of government financial support for the capital. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Kar\u00e1csony told the media that the conversation with the Holy Father \"did not deal with the issues of everyday politics.\" Rather, he said, they talked about how politics can be based not on division, but on the unification of opposites. Kar\u00e1csony presented the Holy Father with an old photograph of Budapest's Chain Bridge, again bringing the theme of \"bridge building\" to the forefront.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Second visit to Hungary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n This was Pope Francis' second visit to the Hungarian capital. This has led some Hungarian bishops to claim that, with the exception of Italy, Hungary is the only country that the Holy Father has visited more than once. In reality, however, he had already been to Greece and Cuba twice during his pontificate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Whereas in September 2021 Francis spent only a few hours in Budapest for the World Eucharistic Congress and then traveled directly to Slovakia - a fact that some commentators interpreted as a criticism of the Hungarian leadership - he has now taken three days to meet with the people and visit various institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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