Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Lawrence W Reed
“In many homes worldwide, the day after Christmas is nearly as festive as the day before. December 26 is a holiday in the UK and many Commonwealth nations. People everywhere look forward with hope to the New Year just days away. That may not have been true on December 26, 1948, for a Catholic prelate in Hungary named Cardinal József Mindszenty (1892–1975). Arrested that day by communist authorities, he was sentenced to life in prison on concocted charges of ‘treason and conspiracy.’ Beatings and torture followed. This was not Mindszenty’s first arrest.” (12/26/24)