During his presence for a few hours in Budapest, to celebrate the final mass of the 52nd International Eucharistic Congress, Pope Francis is expected to see the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán next Sunday, in a meeting at the Museum of Fine Arts together with the President of the Republic. Janos Ader. The director of the Vatican Press Office Matteo Bruni confirmed this in a briefing with journalists.
Vice Prime Minister Zsolt Semjen will welcome the Pope at the airport of the Hungarian capital. The previous meetings of Pope Francis with Orban, one of the leaders of European sovereignty, often in disagreement with the Pope’s vision on welcoming immigrants, were not private audiences and date back to 2016 in the Vatican, in a meeting with the delegation of parliamentarians Christians, and in 2017, with other heads of state and government on the occasion of the anniversary of the Treaties of Rome. Also on Sunday, the President of the Republic Zuzana Caputova will welcome the Pope on his arrival in the Slovak capital Bratislava. The Pope will then remain in Slovakia until Wednesday 15.