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| 16 April | János Péter, Hungarian ForeignMinister, is received by the Pope. |
| 10 July | The Pope writes a letter to Cardinal Mindszenty. |
| 28 September | According to the agreement between the Holy See andHungary, Cardinal Mindszenty Leaves the American Embassy, where he hadstayed since the 4th November 1956, and goes to Vienna with OpilioRossi (the papal Legate in Vienna), Giovanni Cheli andJózsef Zágon. The Cardinal is received byAgostino Casaroli, who flies him to Rome to meet Cardinal Jean Villot,deputy secretary of state, at the airport of Fiumicino. The Pope greetsthe Cardinal in the company of deputy secretary of state, Benelli atSt. John's tower. Paul VI embraced Cardinal Mindszenty and leads him tothe papal residence. The Pope takes of his pectoral cross and his ringand gives them to the Cardinal. Osservatore Romano quotes the letter ofCardinal Mindszenty, saying that "it was the heaviest cross he had tobear", when leaving his country. |
| 30 September | The Pope celebrates Mass with Cardinal Mindszenty atthe opening of the second session of the Episcopal Synod in the SistineChapel. The press office of the Holy See annouces that the Hungariangovernment offered the Cardinal amnesty, but he rejected it asking fortotal rehabilitation. |
| 23 October | Cardinal Mindszenty leaves Rome and moves to"Pázmáneum", a Hungarian house in Vienna. |
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