Orbán deploys Christianity with a twist to tighten grip in Hungary

Hungary's far-right leader using Christian message to justify his immigration policy

"Europe can ignore or deny or struggle against its own identity and its Christian roots. But by doing so the society commits suicide," said Liszlo Kiss-Rigo, the bishop of Szeged, as he drove into Budapest on a recent afternoon. "And the more migrants that come, the more Christian values will be watered down."

Christian values, or a particular interpretation of them, have become the centrepiece of Hungarian government messaging under its far-right leader, Viktor Orbin, and Kiss-Rigo operates at the nexus of the prime minister's interests.