Hungary: Religious Matters in Hungary, Including Visit of Cardinal Lekai, Primate of Hungary, to the UK, July 1980

A file of correspondence and reports concerning religious matters in Hungary. The documents cover a visit to Britain by Cardinal László Lékai, the Archbishop of Esztergom; details of the administrative arrangements and the programme for the visit, which included trips to London, Canterbury, Scotland, and Ireland; and details of the cardinal's meetings with the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Westminster, and the Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie. Other documents in the file discuss recent coverage of the Roman Catholic Church in the Hungarian press, following the dedication of a new Hungarian chapel in the Vatican and a visit to Hungary by Cardinal Agostino Casaroli, the Cardinal Secretary of State. The file also covers a visit to Hungary by a group of British churchwomen at the invitation of the Hungarian Women's Organisation.