” “About one thousand people are taking part in the Hungarian national pilgrimage to Fatima, one of the highlights of the year of prayer for the spiritual renovation of the country, launched by the Hungarian Bishops Conference. The event comes just before the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the anticommunist revolt of 1956 (23 October). In the afternoon of the 22nd, a ceremony will be held at the Embassy of the United States to Hungary, which after the Soviet invasion of November 4th 1956 gave shelter for 15 years to the then primate József Mindszenty, which is the subject of a case of beatification. An ecumenical liturgy will be given in the Basilica of Saint Stephen’s in Budapest in front of cardinal Angelo Sodano, who will read the Holy Father’s message to the Hungarian population. Yesterday, cardinal Péter Erdo, archbishop of Budapest-Esztergom and president of the Hungarian Bishops Conference, took stock of the current year of prayer, summing up its highlights, such as the Slovakian-Hungarian reconciliation, the letter to Alexius II, the opening of two national sanctuaries, the movement of prayer that has involved 1,400,000 people and the solemn liturgies to commemorate the 550th anniversary of the historical victory of Belgrade (Nándorfehérvár) over the Turkish. ” “
