Roma pilgrims seek just 'one glimpse' of Pope Francis at Hungary Mass

Now Kovesi is on a repeat mission, driving a pick-up resembling a "popemobile" with the cross on display, hoping to convince people to attend an open-air Mass led by Francis in front of parliament on Sunday.

"We who live in this faith would really love to get near him, just get ... one glimpse," said Kovesi as he prepared his pick-up, emblazoned with photos of Francis, for the drive. "Faith is the greatest thing in the world and we Roma people think that we can prove our belonging by getting near the greatest man on Earth."Csaba Kovesi, 50, carries a large wooden cross blessed by late Pope John Paul II and Pope Francis, alongside Vilmos Kovesi, 52, and Aladar Horvath, 71, ahead of Pope Francis' upcoming visit to Hungary, at a Basilica, in Budapest, Hungary, April 15, 2023.

Kovesi, 50, had his 1.5-metre-high cross carved for a Roma pilgrimage to the Vatican in 2003. He said Pope John Paul II blessed the cross and the group. The cross was then taken to the Hungarian village of Csatka, a holy place for Roma in Central and Eastern Europe, where a small chapel was built for it. "Holy God help the Roma", says an inscription on the crucifix in the Lovari language."Then I told him that have no country, no homeland of their own but we are children of the church," Kovesi said. "And as the translator translated this, at that moment he came to me directly and blessed me.

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