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Pope Francis visits Hungary to return among friends and, to fire up the faith of the Hungarian people.
One thing that you learn as a diplomat to the Holy See is to never try to guess why the Pope does something. And I wouldn't say it on record. In fact, I have to clarify that this will be the third time the Pope meets Hungarians.
When you ask a Hungarian a question, he will always begin with history. I will have to go back and say Hungary is a Catholic country. One thousand years ago, our first king, King Stephen, decided to throw in his lot with Rome. And in fact, he built a pilgrims home for Hungarian pilgrims shortly after the year 1000, just beside Saint Peter's Basilica, where the canonica is now. So we have a long, long history of Christian faith in our country.
The Hungarian constitution begins with the word 'God.' We begin our Constitution with the first words of our anthem, which is 'God bless the Hungarian.' This is a clear sign that faith defines Hungary. This Christian identity is very visible... We are a neighboring country of Ukraine. We have a minority of about 150,000 Hungarians living just across the border in Ukraine. So we really feel what is going on there. And Hungary has from the beginning opened its arms for refugees from Ukraine. As you said, we have we have taken in about 1 million refugees that have arrived through our help organizations on the border.
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