Pope Francis greeted the three bishops of Debrecen in Hungarian
The meeting was also memorable for Cardinal Kurt Koch, Fülöp Kocsis revealed.
– When they come to him, they always talk about their problems, now three bishops appear who want to say that we are doing very well and that the ecumenism works very well here. He especially emphasized: he was very grateful that someone finally brought him good news – recalled the Greek Catholic archbishop-metropolitan.
After the meeting with the cardinal, they also visited the Papal Oriental Institute and the Collegium Germanicum et Hungaricum, where they talked with the heads of the institutions and students there.
While visiting the college chapel, Károly Fekete also tried out the organ, and the video was also shown to the audience gathered in Libri on Friday. It was a special moment, since the Reformed bishop had certainly not played the instrument yet.
“The organ was great, I would have liked to have brought it with me, but it would have been difficult on the plane,” Károly Fekete explained with a laugh.
In Rome, there is the main church of the Jesuits, Il Gesu, St. Ignatius is also buried here, and next to it is the monastery where the founder of the order lived his days in Rome – the pilgrims from Debrecen who visited the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore also prayed in this chapel. tradition, according to tradition, the manger relic of baby Jesus is preserved, and where confession can be made in Hungarian, as well as the nearby Papal Oriental Institute, which was founded by Pope Pius X in 1917 with the intention of training students from the East.
After that, the journey of the Hungarian church leaders led to the Greek College, and finally, as the conclusion of the joint pilgrimage, the three bishops sent a message via Vatican Radio.
– A Reformed bishop has not yet been on Vatican Radio, so I am very happy to report on what is happening in Debrecen, how we live with each other, and the fact that we also have a radio. Then we sat down as a trio with the Hungarian editor, László Vértesaljai – Károly Fekete summarized their experiences.