Touching Moments as Pope Francis Visits with Disabled Children in Hungary at the Blessed László Batthyány-Strattmann Catholic Social Institution - VIDEO

APOSTOLIC JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS FRANCIS in Hungary

Pope Francis made a private visit to the Blessed László Batthyány-Strattmann Institute, a centre for blind children and children with disabilities in Budapest, and thanked the children for their songs and witness of life.

During the pope's second day of his Apostolic Journey to Hungary with a visit to the Blessed László Batthyány-Strattmann Catholic Social Institution, Kindergarten, Primary School, and Special Children’s Home for the Blind.

The Holy Father was welcomed to the Institute by its directory, György Inotay, who greeted the Pope with the Franciscan prayer for peace, which he read in Latin.

Pope Francis was given a tour of the facilities and attended a concert with works primarily by Hungarian composers. Following the concert, the Pope met with some of the children cared for in the home.

VISIT TO THE CHILDREN OF THE “BLESSED LÁSZLÓ BATTHYÁNY-STRATTMANN” INSTITUTE - WORDS ON THE ARMS OF THE HOLY FATHER

Many thanks to all of you for the welcome and tenderness. Thank you for your songs, for your gestures, for your eyes. Thank you, Mr. Director, because you wanted to begin this act with the prayer of Saint Francis, which is a program of life. Because the Saint always asks for the grace that where there is not something I can do something, when something is missing I can do something. On a journey from reality as it is, to carry forward, to make reality walk. And this is pure Gospel. Jesus came to take reality as it was and carry it forward. It would have been easier to take ideas, ideologies and carry them forward without taking reality into account. This is the evangelical path, this is the path of Jesus. And this is what you, Mr. Director, wanted to express with the prayer of Saint Francis. Thank you. And thanks to all of you!

Sources: Vatican News and Vatican.va