An elderly Greek priest verbally attacked Pope Francis on Saturday. “Dad, you are a heretic!” the priest shouted three times before the police and took him away. The Pope arrived for a meeting with the head of the country’s Orthodox Church, testifying to the continuing distrust between some Orthodox and Catholics 1,200 years after Christianity […]
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Pope Francis in Athens: meeting schedules, traffic restrictions, draconian security measures
Pope Francis arrived at Athens International Airport on Saturday morning. The head of the Roman Catholic Church arrived on a special flight from Cyprus. He was greeted by Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias and four children – a symbol of purity and representatives of the Catholic Church in Greece. After a private meeting with Dendias at […]
Pope intends to transport 50 migrants from Cyprus to Italy
At an ecumenical service in one of the temples of Nicosia, Pope Francis, who was on a visit to Cyprus, called for “open eyes” to the slavery and torture of migrants in the camps: “It reminds us of the history of the last century, the Nazis, Stalin, and we wonder how this could have happened. […]
Pope Francis includes Lesvos in the schedule of his official visit to Greece
Pope Francis will visit Lesvos in late November or early December during his visit to Greece. The island, which has received the most refugees, is included in the list of destinations for Pope Francis’ upcoming tour of the country, according to the state news agency Amna. The visit to Greece will take place at the […]
Metropolitan of Piraeus: Phanar representatives indulge papal mania for power
Metropolitan Seraphim of Piraeus believes that with their visits to the Vatican, representatives of the Phanar honor the papal mania for power. Metropolitan Seraphim of Piraeus of the Greek Orthodox Church believes that the exchange of delegations between the Phanar and the Vatican is a step towards a possible “union of churches”, the newspaper reports. […]
Prime Minister to the Archbishop of Athens: we have invited the Pope
On June 30, the Prime Minister of Greece informed Archbishop Jerome of Athens and All Hellas about the intention of the President of the Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, to invite Pope Francis to Greece in the fall. The information says that Archbishop Jerome “did not take any position on this issue, as it would create a […]
Metropolitan Seraphim of Piraeus replied to the Phanar hierarch, who called the pope his patriarch
Metropolitan Seraphim of Piraeus noted that “even the most fanatical Uniate will envy the compliments of Metropolitan Polycarp to the heresiarch” Pope “Francis. Metropolitan Seraphim of Piraeus of the Greek Orthodox Church criticized the words of the Metropolitan of Italy and Exarch of Southern Europe Polycarp, who called Pope Francis his patriarch, the Greek website […]