Tristan Azbej, Hungary’s state secretary for aid to persecuted Christian communities, had an audience with Pope Leo XIV on Saturday.

In a post on Facebook, Azbej said the pontiff’s words had carried a powerful message: “The challenges are immense, but God’s grace at work in human hearts is more powerful still”. He added that the pope had noted the need not only for a “diplomacy of hope”, but a “politics of hope” and an “economics of hope”, “anchored in the conviction that even now, through the grace of Christ, we can reflect his light in the earthly city”.



“This message is especially close to the mission of the Hungary Helps programme, since we also work to serve as the source of hope amid the greatest of hardships, and assist persecuted and needy communities across the world,” the state secretary said.

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