Hungary is conducting its largest humanitarian aid program of the past 30 years in partnership with six charity organizations since the outbreak of the war in the neighboring country.
Participants in the camps had come “despite tremendous difficulties” but organizers were doing their best to “provide an experience full of love and friendship”.
The cornerstone of a primary school built with Hungarian government support was laid in the earthquake-hit town of Petrinja, in central Croatia, on Wednesday.
Miklós Soltész said Hungarian law enforcement, local councils, government offices, charity groups and volunteers have done an “excellent” job helping refugees.
Aid centers set up at the Hungary-Ukraine border are well prepared to receive the growing number of refugees expected from Ukraine in the next few days.
Miklós Soltész said the teachings of Christianity “must be conveyed in every area, everywhere and to everybody”.
Miklós Soltész said the papal visit is a “historic opportunity” for the region’s nations to come together and make peace with one another