Despite a witch hunt from American media outlets and their imitators in the Irish media, Pope Francis’s recent meeting with prolife Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban was a success.
Western outlets who advocate for abortion and low birth rates, lack of housing and for lower wages were disgusted that Pope Francis was entertaining someone who wanted to help families to earn a living and to grow.
As journalists tried to draw him into condemning Hungary’s new education laws and the country’s lack of cooperation with efforts by Samantha Power of the United States of America to determine European migration policies, Francis instead drew attention to the large families in Hungary’s growing population.
He defended Hungary from attacks by the European Union and made veiled references to the types of extremism that are currently emanating from the likes of Ursula Von Der Leyen and Irish politicians like Fiona O’Loughlin and Maria Walsh, the latter of whom recently landed in Budapest to march in a parade that was designed to put pressure on the government.
Francis promised to return to Hungary as soon as possible, supporting Hungary against ‘non European’ countries who are trying to use the EU to further their own ideals.
Well, thank you, thank you very much. At the beginning it was not well understood: "But you are coming only for the ceremony, and you aren't going to visit us Hungarians? And some people thought badly. No: I explained that a visit had already been planned -- it was in mind -- to Slovakia and the other began after. But I promised your President whom I met -- this is the third time I have met him -- I promised to see whether it will be possible to come back next year or the following one because the Hungarians have so many values. I was struck by the sense of ecumenism, for example that you have, but with a deep, deep, deep profundity. This is what hit me. In general, Europe - I always say this - must reassume the dreams of the founding fathers of the European Union. The European Union is not a gathering to get things done, there is a spirit behind the EU that Schuman, Adenauer, De Gasperi, these great men: go back there. Because there's the danger to be just a managment office, the European Union, and that is not good. It must move precisely toward mysticism, in search of Europe’s roots and bring it forward. And I think all the countries must move forward. It is true that there are some interests, perhaps not European ones, that attempt to use the European Union for ideological colonization, and this is not good. No: the European Union must be indepedent in and of itself, and all the countries on the same level, inspired by the dream of its Great Founders. This is my idea. And you Hungarians: I was with you last year [2 years ago] in Transylvania, that Mass in Hungarian was beautiful.
I received him, the President came to see me, he carried out this courtesy. It is the third time I have met him, and he came with the Prime Minister and the Deputy Minister. The President spoke. The first topic was ecology, really chapeau for you Hungarians, the ecological conscience that you have. He explained how they purify the rivers, things that I did not know. Then I asked about the average age, because I am worried about the demographic winter. In Italy the average age is 47, Spain I think is even worse, many villages are empty or with many elderly people. How can this be resolved? The president explained to me the law they have to help young couples to get married and have children. Interesting, it is a law that is quite similar to the French law, but more developed. They explained this to me, there they added something, the Prime Minister and the Vice-Minister about what this law is about. On immigration, nothing. Then we went back to ecology. The family, in the sense of demographics: you can see that there are so many young people, so many children. In Slovakia, too, there are many young couples. Now the challenge is to find jobs, so that they don't go abroad looking for them. But these were the things... The president always spoke, both ministers added some data. The meeting lasted quite a long time, about 40 minutes.
