During a visit to Romania in 2019, Pope Francis asked for forgiveness in the name of the Roman Catholic Church for the mistreatment of Roma people.
BUDAPEST, Hungary – 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.
“We who live in this faith would really love to get near him, just get … one glimpse,” said Kovesi as he prepared his pick-up, emblazoned with photos of Francis, for the drive. Hundreds of thousands of Roma in Hungary live in disproportionate poverty and suffer from prejudice in schools and workplaces, rights activists say. During a visit to Romania in 2019, the pope asked for forgiveness in the name of the Roman Catholic Church for the mistreatment of Roma people.
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