Pope Francis summons more than 12,500 young people in Hungary

He Pope Francisco held an event with thousands of young people in the “Papp László” stadium of Budapest Sportaréna and has invited them to cultivate silence, but “not to stay glued to the mobile and social networks” because “life is real, not virtual and it doesn’t happen on a screen”.

The event was held during the second day of the trip to Hungary. As in the rest of his international trips, Francisco has celebrated his usual date with the youngsummoning in this country to more than 12,500 young people. Although close to 60% of the Hungarian population considers itself Catholicthe Pope has encouraged them to “don’t be afraid to go against the currentto find a time of silence every day to stop and pray”.

In this stadium for major sporting events and concertsthe pope was hailed as a real star by the youngsters when he took a spin among them in a golf cart, while among the gifts they gave him was a Rubik’s cube, the brilliant invention of the Hungarian architect Emo Rubik.