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To: linMcHlp

She pardoned about 25 right before the visit with the pope. Very little news on the others. There is something in this with the pope.

One of her staff slipped this pervert in with the others?

Who were the others?

https://www.barrons.com/news/hungary-pardons-far-right-extremist-before-papal-visit-20d0c182

here is one of them or all of them including the pervert may be part of the group?

“The week of the papal visit is a special occasion for the head of state to exercise the power of pardon,” President Katalin Novak said late Thursday.

The “wide pardon” included members of the defunct far-right Hunnia (Arrows of the Hungarians) paramilitary group, she said.

Gyorgy Budahazy, 53, was handed a 13-year jail term in 2016 for acts of terror, along with 16 other militants.

They were found guilty of violent attacks between 2007 and 2009, including firing bombs, missiles and throwing Molotov cocktails at the homes and offices of socialist and liberal deputies then in power.

According to prosecutors, the group’s aim was to intimidate lawmakers to influence their vote.

Hungary has not seen such sustained organised attacks in past decades, the prosecutor noted after the trial.

Budahazy, who had said he was a victim of a “show-trial” left the prison overnight on horseback — a symbol among the far-right as a reference to the country’s rebellious past.

In an interview with Hungarian tabloid Blikk, he promised to offer “a prayer of thanks” for the pardon during the Pope’s mass on Sunday.


15 posted on 02/10/2024 4:57:44 PM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: PeterPrinciple
Politico.EU - April 30, 2023

https://www.politico.eu/article/be-open-foreigners-pope-francis-tell-hungary-viktor-orban/

"Pope Francis called for open doors and inclusivity during a visit to Hungary on Sunday."

"I say this also to our lay brothers and sisters, to catechists and pastoral workers, to those with political and social responsibilities, and to those who simply go about their daily lives, which at times are not easy. Be open doors!" he said.

"Be open and inclusive," the pope added, "then, and in this way, help Hungary to grow in fraternity, which is the path of peace."


17 posted on 02/10/2024 5:10:59 PM PST by linMcHlp
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