<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">Pope Francis has urged Hungarians to "open doors" to migrants, ending his visit to the country led by a nationalist anti-immigration cabinet.</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Speaking at an open-air mass in the capital Budapest, the pontiff said it was "sad and painful" to see doors closed to people who were "unlike us".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Up to 100,000 people attended the mass, including Prime Minister Viktor Orban.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Mr Orban has criticised migration, building a barbed-wire border fence to stop migrants crossing into Hungary.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Addressing the crowd near the Hungarian parliament building on Sunday, Pope Francis pleaded to everyone - including "those with political and social responsibilities" - to be more open.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He was speaking about "the closed doors of our selfishness with regard to others... the doors we close towards those who are foreign or unlike us, towards migrants or the poor".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">During the mass, the Argentinian pontiff, 86, also referred to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine launched more than a year ago.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He prayed for the "beleaguered Ukrainian people and the Russian people" and for "a future of hope, not war".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The three-day visit was Pope Francis' first trip to Hungary since he became Pope 10 years ago.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">What kept him away was the tough anti-migrant stance of Mr Orban, in contrast to his own compassion for all refugees, says the BBC's Nick Thorpe in Budapest.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">What brought him to the country, besides his support for Catholics, was the war in Ukraine, our correspondent adds.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Hungary and Ukraine share a 134km (85-mile) border.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Unlike other leaders of the European Union, Mr Orban has refused to back military aid for Ukraine and maintained relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">During the carefully calibrated visit to Hungary, the Pope met people of all spheres of society, including youths, the poor, politicians and academics, our correspondent says. BBC</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>