Pontificate of Pope Leo XIV begins today: here is the message of the Hungarian churches

The member churches of MEÖT “hold Pope Leo XIV in our prayers” and trust that the new pontiff “will carry on intra-church dialogue started by his predecessor”, the Presidency of the Ecumenical Council of Churches of Hungary (MEÖT) said in a statement after the conclave elected American Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the new head of the Catholic Church on Thursday evening.

MEÖT’s statement said Christ-centeredness was “the evangelical basis and condition for cooperation between Christians”.

Dialogue within the church “in a diverse world” would enable “express ourselves beyond the church”.

The statement also expressed hope in a visit by the new pope to Hungary “as soon as possible”.

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