Cardinal Vincent Nichols Archbishop welcomed the Hungarian delegation led by Attila Fülöp, Deputy State Secretary for churches, minorities and civil affairs of Hungary and Bishop Ferenc Cserháti to celebrate a mass for the beatification of Cardinal Mindszenty on 9 May 2017 in Westminster Cathedral.

The mass was attended by Hungarian clergy serving in Western Europe including János Csicsó, priest of the Hungarian catholics in the UK. Cardinal Mindszenty, former Archbishop of Hungary (1945-1973) was arrested and later exiled by the communist authorities.