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Pope Francis arrives as he meets poor people and refugees in St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church in Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, April 29, 2023. The Pontiff is in Hungary for a three-day pastoral visit. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)Pope Francis has plunged into both sides of Russia’s war with Ukraine. He greeted some of the 2.5 million Ukrainian refugees who have fled across the border to Hungary during a public prayer service on Saturday. And immediately after he met privately with an envoy of the Russian Orthodox Church that has strongly supported the war. Francis was toeing a diplomatic tightrope which is part of the Vatican’s tradition of diplomatic neutrality. He's in Budapest on a weekend visit to minister to Hungary's Catholic faithful.
Originally published at Associated Press