HIS-Press-Service, 1978 (3. évfolyam, 9-12. szám)
1978-02-01 / 9. szám
HIS Press Service No.9. February 1978 Page 10 1976 (10 April): The appointment of new bishops. (24 May): Archbishop László Lékai, Primate of Hungary is given the title of Cardinal. (August):The new Hungarian Cardinal-Primate travels at the head of a large delegation to Philadelphia for the 41st World Eucharistic Congress. 1977: At their ad limina visit with the Holy Father in Rome, the Hungarian bishops report on the situation in their dioceses. (9 June): János Kádár, the First Secretary of the Socialist Workers Party of Hungary, is received by the Pope in a private audience. IMPORTANT STATE LAWS SINCE 1945 CONCERNING THE CHURCH AND THE FAITHFUL Nationalization of Church property: No.600/1945 (1) Nationalization of Church schools: No. XXX111/1948 (1) + No. 8000/1948 (1) + No. 111/1961 (2) + No. 24/1965 (2) Suspension of obligatory religious instruction: No. 5/1949 (1) + No.1101/1-1949 (184) (1) + No. 1101-11-1/1950 (1) + No. 21/1957 (1) + No. 39/1957 (2) Nationalization of Church archives: No. 29/1950 (1) Disbandment of religious orders: No. 34/1950 (1) Swearing-In of Ecclesiastical Persons: No. 4288/1949 (1) Establishment of the State Office of the Church: No. 1/1951 (1) + No. 110-1951 (1) Regulation concerning the conferring of Church offices: No.22/1957 (1) + No. 18/ 1959 (1) + No. 20/1951 (2) + No. 23/1971 (2) Introduction of non-religious community celebrations of family events: BM-KM. 104/1962 (1) + No. 15/1970 (2) State Health Insurance for Ecclesiastical Persons: No. 71/1955 (2) Excerpted texts published in German: (1) Andras-Morel: Bilanz des ungarischen Katholizismus (Balance of Hungarian Catholicism ) (2) Andrâs-Morel: Handbuch des ungarischen Katholizismus (Handbook of Hungarian Catholicism) Both available from: Ungarisches Kirchensoziologisches Institut, A-1140 Wien, Linzer Str. 263/18
