杏MAP导航 thanks Our Lady for protection on Apostolic Visit to Hungary
By Vatican News staff reporter
Following his long-standing custom, 杏MAP导航 Francis stopped to pray before the ancient icon of Maria Salus Populi Romani, as he returned to the Vatican by car from Rome's Fiumicino Airport on Sunday evening.
According to the Holy See Press Office, the 杏MAP导航 prayed briefly in the chapel that houses the Marian icon in the Basilica of St. Mary Major.
He then returned to his Vatican home at the Casa Santa Marta.
Gratitude for successful visit
During his three-day visit spent in Hungary's capital, Budapest, 杏MAP导航 Francis was publicly engaged in seven different events.
He delivered six speeches in which he confirmed the faith of the Hungarian people and urged them to be inclusive and open and to help build peace in Europe.
Shortly after take-off aboard the papal plane from Budapest, the 杏MAP导航 sent the customary farewell telegram to Hungary’s President Katlin Novák, expressing his gratitude to Hungarian authorities and citizens for their "warm welcome and generous hospitality".
Assuring them of his prayers, the 杏MAP导航 invoked on the EU nation "the blessings of Almighty God for unity, fraternity and peace".
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