Earlier today I wrote:
> Second-rate or not, the Hungarian economy is nothing to sneeze at.
> A dollar invested this January in a random mix of stock in the Budapest
> stock market would have yielded something like 55 cents by now, even with
> the controlled slide in the currency conversion rate. I can only hope
> your retirement fund paid as much.
Sorry, I should have checked my numbers. Prodded by a note from Zoli
Fekete, I went back to the June 7, 1997 issue of The Economist where my
information came from. It turns out I remembered the wrong column in
their weekly Emerging Market Indicators table. The Budapest stock exchange
index went up by 51.3 percent since January 1st, when measured in Forints.
In dollar terms, the appreciation was 35.3 percent. Still, not too shabby
for a mere 5 months...
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Gabor Fencsik
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****************** CALL FOR ACTION ****************
Priority:
normal
Background:
In spite of several requests of the Csangos (the Hungarian minority
in Moldova, Romania) the Roman Catholic Curch is still not offering
them the Holy Masses in their native tongue (the responsible bishop is
Petru Gherghel).
Since neither the e-mail address nor the fax # of the Pope is
available we should send our protest to Radio Vatican, l'Osservatore
Romano (a Vatican weekly) and the Vatican Information Service. It is
important to act NOW, as the Pope will probably visit Romania around
June 15.
What to do:
Please write a letter to the editors of Radio Vatican,
l'Osservatore Romano and the Vatican Information service and protest
against the current situation. Feel free to use the attached form
letters. Please do even inform the local media about the problems of
the Csangos.
PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO SEND A LETTER EVERY DAY!!
E-mail of Radio Vatican:
E-mail of l'Osservatore Romano:
Fax # of Vatican Information Service:
+39-6-69883053
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letter to Radio Vatican:
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The Vatican Radio
00120 Cittŕ del Vaticano
(e-mail: )
RE: Please help the most neglected Catholics of the World: the Csangos
Dear Editor:
I would like to turn your attention to the cultural survival of the
Csangos, the only Catholics east of the Carpathians, living in the
Northeastern part of Romania.
The Csangos are of Hungarian descent. They settled their villages in
today's Moldova, in the 13th century, when they were invited there by
the local ruler, the Kuman king Barsz.
These simple farmers are the most devout Catholics. They have kept
their faith, their ancient language (based on an archaic form of
Hungarian), and maintained their folk customs, dresses and music.
For many years, the Csango congregations of Cleja, Pustina and Lazped
have been asking, that the Holy Mass be offered in their archaic
native language. Up to now their bishop, Petru Gherghel has refused
this request. This denial is contrary to the teachings of the Roman
Catholic Church besides being a denial of their most basic human
rights. Furthermore it promotes the deculturization of a unique
people.
You could do a great service by calling on the Church and on the
Catholic community to assist the cultural survival of the Csangos by
permitting the use of their native thongue.
Respectfully yours,
<Your name, address, title.>
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letter to l'Osservatore Romano:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
l'Osservatore Romano
00120 Cittŕ del Vaticano
(e-mail )
RE: Please help the most neglected Catholics of the World: the Csangos
Dear Editor:
I would like to turn your attention to the cultural survival of the
Csangos, the only Catholics east of the Carpathians, living in the
Northeastern part of Romania.
The Csangos are of Hungarian descent. They settled their villages in
today's Moldova, in the 13th century, when they were invited there by
the local ruler, the Kuman king Barsz.
These simple farmers are the most devout Catholics. They have kept
their faith, their ancient language (based on an archaic form of
Hungarian), and maintained their folk customs, dresses and music.
For many years, the Csango congregations of Cleja, Pustina and Lazped
have been asking, that the Holy Mass be offered in their archaic
native language. Up to now their bishop, Petru Gherghel has refused
this request. This denial is contrary to the teachings of the Roman
Catholic Church besides being a denial of their most basic human
rights. Furthermore it promotes the deculturization of a unique
people.
You could do a great service by calling on the Church and on the
Catholic community to assist the cultural survival of the Csangos by
permitting the use of their native thongue.
Respectfully yours,
<Your name, address, title.>
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
letter to Vatican Information Service:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Vatican Information Service
00120 Vatican City
Fax : +39-6-69883053
RE: Please help the most neglected Catholics of the World: the Csangos
Dear Editor:
I would like to turn your attention to the cultural survival of the
Csangos, the only Catholics east of the Carpathians, living in the
Northeastern part of Romania.
The Csangos are of Hungarian descent. They settled their villages in
today's Moldova, in the 13th century, when they were invited there by
the local ruler, the Kuman king Barsz.
These simple farmers are the most devout Catholics. They have kept
their faith, their ancient language (based on an archaic form of
Hungarian), and maintained their folk customs, dresses and music.
For many years, the Csango congregations of Cleja, Pustina and Lazped
have been asking, that the Holy Mass be offered in their archaic
native language. Up to now their bishop, Petru Gherghel has refused
this request. This denial is contrary to the teachings of the Roman
Catholic Church besides being a denial of their most basic human
rights. Furthermore it promotes the deculturization of a unique
people.
You could do a great service by calling on the Church and on the
Catholic community to assist the cultural survival of the Csangos by
permitting the use of their native thongue.
Respectfully yours,
<Your name, address, title.>
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