(ZENIT News / Vatican City, 04.25.2024).- Pope Francis received in audience Tamás Sulyok, President of the Republic of Hungary, who later met with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State, accompanied by Mons. Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations.
On his social media, President Sulyok, who is Catholic, expressed: «Pope Francis received me in a personal audience, and I had a meeting with the Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin. As a devout Catholic, it is a great honor for me to meet the successor of Saint Peter.»
Meanwhile, the Holy See Press Office highlighted that during the cordial meeting at the Secretariat of State, the good bilateral relations were acknowledged, and the commitment of the Catholic Church to the development of Hungarian society was appreciated. Various topics of common interest were then discussed, with particular reference to family, youth, and concern for the most vulnerable Christian communities worldwide.
The conversation continued with the conflict in Ukraine, with special reference to its humanitarian consequences and efforts to promote peace.
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