Meet the conclave: Cardinal Péter Erdő

When Erdő was growing up in Budapest in the 1950s, Catholicism was barely tolerated by the communist regime

When Péter Erdő was growing up in Budapest in the 1950s, Catholicism was barely tolerated by Hungary’s communist regime. But despite official discouragement, the Erdő family prayed at home and went to church together. His father taught the family’s six children catechesis.

Caption: Cardinal Péter Erdő, pictured in Westminster Cathedral in London, England…