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Legend says Hungarian leaders, including Lajos Kossuth, rested beneath it before the 1849 Battle of Kápolna.

“This process will be concluded today in Budapest,” Mr. Orban said Friday morning on Kossuth Radio.

The Mass on Kossuth Lajos Square, with the Hungarian parliament and Budapest’s famed Chain Bridge as a backdrop, provided the visual highlight of Francis’ three-day visit that has been dominated by the Vatican’s concern for the plight of neighboring Ukraine.

The Pope's visit ends on Sunday, with the celebration of mass in Kossuth square, in front of the Hungarian parliament.

The pope, who made a brief stop in Budapest on his way to Slovakia in 2021, will preside at an open-air Mass in Kossuth Lajos Square on Sunday, April 30, before returning to Rome.