President Katalin Novák has awarded the Hungarian Order of Merit, Grand Cross, civil division, to Reformed Bishop Béla Kató, of the Reformed Diocese of Transylvania, the head of the board of the Sapientia Foundation, on Friday. In his laudation at the ceremony, Bishop Zoltán Balog referred to Kató as “a guideline to Catholics and Protestants, to all Christian communities seeking to preserve their Hungarian identity.” The ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, House Speaker László Kövér, and Gergely Gulyás, the head of the PM’s Office.