Lack of independence was dangerous, says Bishop Bir On Friday, as it potentially linked the fortunes of the Hungarian Church and its financial backing to Mr Orbán’s electoral success. He said that Mr. Orban was dangerously wrapping himself in Christian imagery; reaching out to Catholic conservatives, many of whom oppose Francis; And trying to meet the Pope – all to win the election in April.
“I don’t think there’s any question about how he protects his voter base,” Bishop Beer said.
And there’s no doubt about how Mr. Orban’s voter base in the church is protecting the prime minister.
Speaking at the headquarters of the 52nd International Eucharistic Congress organized by Budapest, one of the event’s organizers, the Rev. Cornell Fabry, said on Friday that he did not think Mr. Orban and Francis were “that far from each other”. He argued that Francis would agree with Mr. Orban to keep the family and the country in front of outsiders. (Francis essentially said the opposite, determining that care of migrants And the poor were as pious as their opposition to abortion.)
“They want to protect Christian values,” Father Fabry said of Mr. Orban’s government. He defended Orban from accusations of democracy and dictatorship, arguing that there were “more and more followers of Orban” in Europe, despite the fact that his allies in Italy and Germany had lost ground.
The government’s talk has also reached the priests of the city’s churches.
“It’s not just about opening the doors to the outside, but how we can strengthen the church from the inside,” said Rev. Kazmer Karpati, a priest at a Franciscan church in central Budapest. State. He was happy that Mr. Orban was meeting with the Pope, so that “the two could understand each other better.”