Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai met heads of Hungary’s largest church organisations in Parliament on Wednesday.
The talks focused on issues around the economic crisis as well as related social problems.
Cardinal Peter Erdo, archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest told MTI following the meeting that the Catholic Church had several centuries of experience in social services and it was committed to continue that tradition because “there is need, demand and human problems in abundance”.
The meeting raised the issue of the government’s crisis fund, but religious organisations may not wish to get involved as long as its details and practice are not clear, Gergely Prohle, a senior official of the Hungarian Lutheran Church, said after the talks.
The government does not expect the churces to contribute to the crisis fund but seeks ways to involve religious organisations in finding the best ways of utilising the collected funds, Peter Feldmajer and Gusztav Zoltai, heads of the Federation of Jewish Communities in Hungary, told MTI, on the other hand.
Gusztav Bolcskei, head of the Hungarian Calvinist Church, voiced dismay that Hungary’s prime ministers had not initiated a similar meeting during the past five years. Concerning social solidarity and helping those in need Bolcskei said that “we do not need to be instructed or reminded; it is in our practice.”
The meeting was also attended by Culture Minister Istvan Hiller and Social Policy Minister Peter Kiss.
it will come as a surprise to some of you.
yes it is a shame that the hungarian jewish
community is being represented by people like
Gustav Zoltai and p.Feldmajer.
Both are deeply corrupt,Soltai a former informer
with shady business dealings and now sitting on the money the hungarian government made available
for holocaust survivors.
Yes it is a shame that people like this lead a community and bribe their way into holding on to their position. The jewish community should
fire those creatures.
Mr.bajnai keep away from these crooks.
Fortunately soltai and feldmajer put all their
“eggs” in the socialist-party basket.
Once fidesz reigns their lives will get difficult.
And rightful so… Its apitty though for the jewish community ,a microcosmos and reflection of
the general hungarian political scene.
@Judas: There was a decent article in last week’s MN (no, not that one, but Magyar Narancs) about the duplicity of these and the paid for silence. Just wish the Freedom of Information Act was used here more. Shame it is so closely confused with the Data Protection issues (part of the same act) by the crappy and incompetent (paid off) judiciary – all currently on holiday, as no-one in power wants to upset them and risk having their dirty secrets exposed.
Vandorlo,
thanks ,did not read but i will now.
judas@your first comment that I can totally agree with! Well done for admitting the hypocrisy that some of us are constantly trying to expose.By the way the misuse of holocaust ‘guilt’ money originates in Israel,read Mr.Finklestein.