Pope Benedict remembered
Friday, January 6th, 2023A conservative commentator calls Pope Benedict one of the last Europeans. A left-wing liberal philosopher accuses the government of using religion as a political tool. READ MORE
Christmas as a battlefield in the culture war
Monday, December 26th, 2022Political commentators on Right and Left ponder the political and social implications of Christmas. READ MORE
Dispute over Christianity
Monday, September 5th, 2022A left-wing and two conservative pundits offer diametrically opposing views on the role of Christian values in politics. READ MORE
Illegal migration still seen as a major threat
Friday, January 21st, 2022A pro-government pundit finds it reassuring that Hungary is protected from what he calls ‘increasingly violent migrants’ by a strong border fence and armed guards. The Hungarian fence also defends Europe, he suggests. READ MORE
Christmas ruminations
Saturday, December 25th, 2021In their highly partisan reflections on the state of Hungary, a pro-government and a left-wing columnist look back on the past year. READ MORE
Márki-Zay supports same sex marriage
Monday, November 29th, 2021A Christian conservative and a liberal commentator try to make sense of the opposition frontrunner’s controversial statements on Christian values and secular politics. READ MORE
Pope Francis celebrates mass in Budapest
Tuesday, September 14th, 2021A conservative commentator believes that Rome and Budapest are ideological allies in the ‘battle against consumerism’. A liberal pundit, on the other hand, thinks that Pope Francis and PM Orbán embrace very different values. READ MORE
Government to amend the constitution
Friday, November 13th, 2020A conservative commentator lambasts the government’s proposed 9th amendment to the Fundamental Law, fearing that it will make it easier to channel pubic money to pro-government foundations. A pro-government columnist welcomes the proposed amendments that aim to defend Christian and traditional family and gender values. READ MORE
PM Orbán’s 20 August address
Saturday, August 22nd, 2020Prime Minister Orbán calls on Central European countries to create a strong alliance grounded in Christian values and help return Europe to its traditional norms. READ MORE
St. Stephen’s heritage
Tuesday, August 20th, 2019The leading pro-government daily attribute’s Hungary’s survival to Christianity, and calls on the country to maintain its heritage as Western Europe becomes less and less religious.