Katolikus Szemle 40. (1988, Róma)
3. szám - ESZMÉK ÉS MŰVEK - Barátaink
SUMMARY According to their 1000-year-old tradition, Hungarians consider their country the « Kingdom of the Blessed Virgin Mary ». In this autumn issue of KATOLIKUS SZEMLE, we publish an address of Dezső Dümmerth, an expert in medieval history, given in St. Stephen's Basilica, Budapest, on the origin of this idea in the spirituality of St. Stephen, first king of Hungary. He compares the saintly figure of King Stephen to other king-saints of the Middle Ages. Between the two wars some of the members of the Hungarian clergy took part in the political life of the country. One of the most outstanding of these clergymen was József Közi Horváth, who strove for the renewal of our society according to the social doctrine of Popes Leo XIII and Pius XI. He also boldly opposed the Nazi penetration of Hungarian politics and, in 1941, together with the Hungarian bishops, he objected to the proposed Bill against the Jews. He died at 85 in Munich. His human and political profile is drawn in this issue by Zoltán K. Kovács. Continuing his articles on the Christian Democratic Party in Hungary, begun in previous issues, Kovács gives an account of the Party's Parliamentary struggles against Communist influence during the period 1947-1949. On the subject of the massive demolition and resettlement plan of the Rumanian government, a serious act of aggression against the vital interests of the Hungarian minority, we publish the document of the European Parliament of July 5, 1988, which condemns the plan and asks the Bucharest government to discontinue it. We also publish the view of L.M. Gazda, a young Hungarian from Budapest concerning the constant violation of human rights in Rumania. In our literary section we publish an essay by Tibor Tüskés on the literary work of György Rónay. There is also a poem by Bálint Tóth. Also in this issue Imre András, S.J., gives an account of the secularization of Catholic and other church schools under Communist pressure forty years ago. Márton Ritter, headmaster of the Hungarian College in Kastl, Bavaria, describes the school on the occasion of its 30th anniversary. In the remainder of this issue Ferenc Szabó, S.J., discusses Eugene Ionesco's search for God as seen through the latter's diary, and Elemér Illyés examines the ethnic identity of the « Csángó» people of Moldavia, who come from Hungarian and not Rumanian stock. Various book reviews complete this issue.