religion

25/09/2016

Hungary’s biggest church has been ordained 160 years ago

According to origo.hu, Hungary’s biggest church, the Esztergom Basilica has been ordained 160 years ago. The Assumption and Saint Adalbert Basilica is the main church of […]
23/09/2016

Orb, the legacy of our ancestors

The “cross-bearing orb”, also known as simply the orb or the orb and cross, has been a Christian symbol of authority since the Middle Ages, used […]
21/09/2016

Hungary’s religious minorities are safe, says foreign minsiter in US

New York, September 21 (MTI) – Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó met representatives of Jewish organisations in New York and assured his negotiating partners that “no national […]
19/09/2016

Hungary’s Reformed Church: Migration crisis should be resolved “at home”

Budapest, September 19 (MTI) – The problem of migrant masses should be resolved in their own country, the head of Hungary’s Reformed Church told public television […]
15/09/2016

Hungarian state secretary holds talks with Jewish organisations in US

Washington, DC, September 15 (MTI) – Levente Magyar, a foreign ministry state secretary, held talks with Jewish leaders in New York during a three-day visit. Meeting […]
12/09/2016

Memorial dedicated to martyred Polish priest inaugurated

Budapest (MTI) – A memorial dedicated to Blessed Jerzy Popieluszko, a Polish Roman Catholic priest associated with the opposition Solidarity trade union and killed by communist […]
07/09/2016

Office against persecution of Christians to coordinate humanitarian schemes

Budapest, September 7 (MTI) – The government has set up a deputy state secretariat in the Ministry of Human Resources to combat the persecution of Christians […]
06/09/2016

Ottoman shrine project in Budapest symbol of good relations with Turkey

Budapest, September 6 (MTI) – Representatives of the Hungarian and Turkish governments visited the 16th-century tomb of Gül Baba in Budapest, a shrine to be reconstructed […]
02/09/2016

Hungarian students at church schools double in 6 years

Budapest, September 2 (MTI) – The number of students attending church schools in Hungary has almost doubled over the past six years, the daily Magyar Nemzet […]
31/08/2016

Huge Muslim cultural centre to be built in the centre of Budapest

According to atv.hu, workers have been occupied with the completing of a huge Muslim centre at Gutenberg Square, Budapest for months. The Municipality of Józsefváros believes […]
28/08/2016

Orbán has audience with Pope Francis and talks with Middle Eastern Christian leaders

Budapest, August 28 (MTI) – Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had an audience with Pope Francis in the framework of an annual meeting of Catholic lawmakers, the […]
24/08/2016

Hungarian Catholics to send EUR 64,600 emergency aid to Italy earthquake victims

Budapest, August 24 (MTI) – The Hungarian Catholic Bishops’ Conference (MKPK) on Wednesday said it will send 20 million forints (EUR 64,600) in emergency aid to […]
20/08/2016

St Stephen’s Day national holiday in Hungary – Photos

Budapest, August 20 (MTI) – Speaking at a state celebration marking Hungary’s St Stephen’s Day national holiday, President János Áder said that Hungarians should be proud […]
12/08/2016

Here is the latest US state department report about Hungary

Washington, DC, August 11 (MTI) – Hungary’s constitution guarantees freedom of religion and separates church and state, the US State Department said in its 2015 international […]
31/07/2016

World Youth Day pilgrims represent unity of Catholic Church, says Erdő

Krakow (MTI) – The hundreds of thousands of pilgrims attending World Youth Day in Krakow this week represent the unity of the Catholic Church, Cardinal Péter […]
26/07/2016

Hungary expresses condolences to family of murdered Normandy priest

Budapest, July 26 (MTI) – Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó has expressed his condolences to the family of the elderly priest who was killed in a […]
29/06/2016

ECtHR rules Hungary to pay compensation to small churches

Brussels, June 28 (MTI) – The Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that the Hungarian state is to pay compensation to small Hungarian […]
22/06/2016

Euro2016 – Hungarian football fans in Lyon are invited to take part in a joint prayer

Dunavarsány “Soli Deo Gloria” community calls on all Hungarian football fans in Lyon to take part in a joint prayer before Hungary vs Portugal European Cup […]
02/06/2016

Orbán holds talks with religious leaders – UPDATE

Cairo, June 2 (MTI) – Prime Minister Orbán Viktor discussed Hungarian-Egyptian relations and European political matters with Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed el-Tayeb, grand imam of al-Azhar Mosque, […]
01/06/2016

Caritas Lebanon head to brief Catholic Bishops’ Conference on state of refugees

Budapest, May 31 (MTI) – Paul Karam, the director of Caritas Lebanon, arrived in Hungary on Tuesday to brief the Hungarian Catholic Bishops’ Conference (MKPK) on […]