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Pope departs from Greece wrapping up his 35th Apostolic Journey

Dec 06, 2021

Pope Francis boards the papal plane at Athens Airport on Monday to return to Rome, ending his six-day visit to Cyprus and Greece.
Pope to youth in Greece: Experience God’s love, meet real people, dream big

Dec 06, 2021

Pope Francis meets young people from various parts of Greece on Monday morning in Athens, ahead of his departure for Rome, urging them to be truly soc
Archbishop Kontidis: Pope's Greece visit 'an opportunity for unity'

Dec 06, 2021

The Archbishop of Athens describes Pope Francis' Apostolic Journey to Greece as a call for unity, not only among Catholics who live in a secular culture on a daily basis, but among Christians of different denominations, especially Orthodox and Catholics.
Syrian refugees inspired by meeting with Pope Francis

Dec 06, 2021

Pope Francis receives a group of young Syrian refugees who presented him with the gift of a T-shirt with an image and words representing their hope and trust in God.
Ieronymos II visits with Pope Francis on eve of his return to Rome

Dec 06, 2021

The Orthodox Primate, Ieronymos II, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, pays a courtesy visit to Pope Francis at the Apostolic Nunciature to bid him farewell.
From Greece, Pope Francis invokes change of direction in politics, to stop retreat from democracy

Dec 06, 2021

Democracy "complex, whereas authoritarianism is peremptory and populism’s easy answers appear attractive. In some societies, concerned for security and dulled by consumerism, weariness and malcontent can lead to a sort of skepticism about democracy". “Worldly poisons" have contaminated the common "apostolic roots" of Catholics and Orthodox throughout history.
Bishop Chow's entrance into Hong Kong: 'Together beyond our wounds'

Dec 06, 2021

Episcopal ordination and installation in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. His words at the end of the celebration: "My desire is to be a b
Smallness can be a blessing, Pope Francis tells Greece's Catholic minority

Dec 06, 2021

The smallness of a Christian community can be a sign of closeness to God, Pope Francis told members of Greece’s tiny Catholic minority in Athens Saturday evening.
Pope's visit to Lesbos in Greece a plea to 'look migrants in the eye'

Dec 06, 2021

Five years later, the Pope wanted to return to this island to visit migrants an refugees. At the beginning of his speech he quoted the words spoken, right here, by Patriarch Barthlomew of Constantinople in 2016.
Catholics in Greece hoping for renewed ecumenical relations amid Pope’s visit

Dec 06, 2021

Catholics in Greece are praising Pope Francis’ visit as offering the opportunity for a new highwater mark for ecumenical relations with the Orthodox majority.