Magyar Katolikus Egyház

24 January	Parliament passes an act on religious freedom.
6 February	The government and the bishops' conference abolish theconcordat of 1950 (see above 30 August 1950).
9 February	Re-establishment of diplomatic relations between theVatican and Hungary.
28 March	Archbishop Acerbi is appointed papal legate to Hungary.
17 April	The Hungarian section of the Knights of Malta isestablished.
7 May	Hungarian Television starts to broadcast Catholicprogrammes.
18 May	The sentence of Cardinal Mindszenty's show trial isquashed.
July	Minister of Justice declares all pnisoners have theright to attend Mass.
20 August	The bishops' conference issues a statement on religiouseducation, Church schools and lands owned by the Church.
5 September	The St Ignatius Catholic College is set up.
3 November	The Catholic Kolping Association is established.
November	The Department of Church Music is allowed to resume itswork at the Hungarian Academy of Music.
December	New act is proposed on compensation for confiscatedchurch properties. During the course of the year many religious ordersreappropriate their buildings and are thus able to resume theiractivity.

1990