Hungarian Communist leader called for priest before dying

Hungarian Communist leader called for priest before dying

December 01, 2010

János Kádár, the Communist leader who ruled Hungary for 32 years after the Soviet attack on the nation in 1956, asked to meet with a priest before he died, an ex-Communist prime minister has revealed. Cardinal József Mindszenty was confined to the US embassy in Budapest for much of Kádár's reign.
"This [Kádár's request] struck all of us as a complete surprise," former Prime Minister Miklós Németh told Reuters. "I don't know whether Kádár atoned to him or what he told him, you can't ask a priest about such things. There is no way to find out now-- everybody has died since."
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• Hungary's communist leader Kádár summoned priest before dying (Reuters)