Lidové noviny wonders whether the Pope might also meet with Hilarion, the Metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Church in Hungary. Hilarion held a key post in the Moscow Patriarchate until his replacement in June 2022:
"The Orthodox bishop headed the foreign department of the Moscow Patriarchate, and was responsible for spreading the ideology of the 'Russian world' ... This idea served as a pretext for Putin to invade Ukraine. However, Hilarion indirectly opposed the invasion as it progressed, lost his post and was banished to Budapest. If the Pope were to meet with him or even exchange a few words, that would be a great gesture on Francis's part."
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