The Pope in Hungary: "No to the nefarious path of gender culture and the right to abortion"

Second day in Hungary for Pope Francis.

For Bergoglio, a visit to local charitable and social assistance organizations is on the agenda. The Pontiff will see some visually impaired and disabled children, the poor and refugees - many from neighboring Ukraine - ei

young.

Then a private meeting with the members of the Society of Jesus in the Apostolic Nunciature of Budapest.

Yesterday the face to face with President Viktor Orban and with the other authorities and representatives of civil society.

In his speech, in the former Carmelite monastery in Budapest, the seat of government, Francis pointed the finger at " the nefarious path of 'ideological colonizations' , which eliminate differences, as in the case of the so-called gender culture , which precisely eliminates differences or they place reductive concepts of freedom before the reality of life, for example by boasting as a conquest a senseless "right to abortion" , which is always a tragic defeat».

"How wonderful instead - the Pope underlined - to build a Europe centered on the person and on peoples, where there are effective policies for the birth rate and the family, pursued with

attention in this country, where different nations are a family in which the growth and uniqueness of each are preserved".

(Unioneonline/lf)