Cardinal J\u00f3zsef Mindszenty is one of the most well-known figures in the modern history of Hungary. In the 1950s, his complaints against the abuses of the Communist regime were punished with years of imprisonment, torture and persecution. \t\t <\/p>\n
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\nArchbishop of Esztergom-Budapest
\n'He was very sensitive to inhumane situations. And today this sensitivity should be present in every country.'<\/em><\/p>\n
\nVatican Secretary of State
\n'He became a symbol of the persecuted Church, the suffering Church, the Church of so many martyrs and confessors of the faith who suffered under dictatorships in Communist countries.' <\/em><\/p>\n
\nArchbishop of Esztergom-Budapest
\n'More than half of the bishops' conference was in prison and the auxiliary bishop of the cardinal was killed in prison in 1951.'\t <\/em><\/p>\n
\nHungarian Ambassador to the Holy See
\n 'Unfortunately, it is an actuality. It happened in the past but it is happening right now in some parts of the world. So I think that this Mass, it's a good opportunity to remind the Holy world what has happened in the past and what is happening in the present.<\/em><\/p>\n