HIS-Press-Service, 1979 (4. évfolyam, 13-15. szám)
1979-06-01 / 15. szám
HIS Press Service No.15, June 1979 Page 6 their attention to Christ, his life, and also his message which contains demands but is filled with hope and love.- The Pope's speech also offered directives on the way in which relations between Church and State are to be viewed at present: The conflicts of the recent past no longer constitute an urgent problem from the Church's point of view and, seen from the perspective of its century-old history, can be considered as belonging to the past. The 30-year period in which Hungary's seminarians were not allowed to study in Rome, for example, was treated as "resolved" by the Pope who remarked that "for a time" there had been a disruption during which the Collegium Germanicum Hungaricum was not able to fulfill its role in the life of Hungary's Church, but that now its time had again come, since "signs of renewal were becoming noticeable." The Pope indirectly mentioned that the education of Hungary's priests affects the whole of society and expressed his hope that the alumni studying in Rome "would become a tribute both to Hungary's Church and their fatherland."- It was not without reason that the Pope dwelt upon the historic example of St. Stephen, Hungary's first king, who not only organized the country's public affairs, but also the life of its Church. St.Stephen, said the Pope, exhibited in an exemplary manner a way of uniting in complete harmony membership in the Christian faith, faithfulness to the Church, and active love for his country. It was his hope, the Holy Father continued, that St.Stephen would be a model to those responsible for Hungary's Church and that, together with their faithful, they would work at finding ways and means of harmonizing their Christian faith with the secularized life of society and cooperative efforts for the good of all.- The leaders of Hungary's Church have been edged out of society's life to an ever greater degree and are forced to live with this burden of increasing isolation. In closing, the Pope offered them words of encouragement and called upon their sense of mission by mentioning again his conviction - which he already expressed last December in a letter to Hungary's Church leaders - that the light of the Gospel, which it is their duty to preach, is fully capable - even in the present situation - of putting the Church in a position to influence Hungary's national spirit. Please send us a copy of the publications or articles in which information from HIS Press Service is used. Published by the Hungarian Institute for Sociology of Religion /HIS/ - President: Bishop Stefan László, S.D.,Eisenstadt - Editorial Board: Emeric András,Ph.D./Vienna/, Julius Morel, Ph.D /Innsbruck/, Julianna Ujváry M.A./Vienna/. - A—I 140 Wien, Linzer Sfr. 263/1-, Phone /O 22 2/ 94 21 89. Österr.Postsparkassenkto. 7739 006. Eigentümer, Herausgeber und Verleger: Ungarisches Kirchensoziologisches Institut. Für den Inhalt verantwortlich: Dr.Emmerich András. Beide: A-II40 Wien, Linzer Sfr.263/18. Druck: Offsetschnelldruck Anton Riegelnik, A-1080 Piaristengasse 19.
