- Title: Pope happy to be travelling again
- Date: 12th September 2021
- Summary: IN AIR (SEPTEMBER 12, 2021) (AGENCY POOL) POPE AT REAR OF THE PAPAL PLANE, PREPARING TO SPEAK (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) POPE FRANCIS, SAYING: ''We are starting our trips again, and this is a very important thing because we will go to bring the word, greeting to many people. Thank you for coming." JOURNALIST FILMING (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) POPE FRANCIS, SAYING: "And thanks to Alitalia that has carried us up 'til now." VARIOUS OF MEDIA POPE WALKING DOWN PLANE AISLE, SPEAKING TO JOURNALISTS PAPAL SECURITY SHOWING AFGHAN SHIRT BELONGING TO A REFUGEE GIVEN TO THE POPE POPE GREETING PEOPLE ON PLANE
- Embargoed: 26th September 2021 08:18
- Keywords: Hungary Pope Francis Vatcian Viktor Orban
- Location: IN AIR
- City: IN AIR
- Country: Hungary
- Topics: Europe,Religion/Belief,Society/Social Issues
- Reuters ID: LVA001EUEY4AV
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Pope Francis arrived in Hungary early on Sunday (September 12), starting an unusually short stay that will underline differences with nationalist and anti-immigrant Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
"We are resuming trips, and this is very important because we can bring our words and greetings to people," Francis told reporters on board the flight en route to Budapest in a reference to COVID-19.
Francis, 84, will spend only seven hours in the capital Budapest to close an international Roman Catholic meeting before moving on to Slovakia, where he will stay much longer, visiting four cities before leaving on Wednesday.
The Vatican's schedule says Francis is due to meet Orban and President Janos Ader as well as bishops and representatives of some Jewish communities before saying Mass to conclude a Church congress that began last Sunday.
The extreme brevity of his stay in Budapest has prompted diplomats and Catholic media to suggest that the pope, making his first trip since surgery in July, is giving priority to Slovakia, in effect snubbing Hungary.
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