Papal Cyprus and Greece Visit News

Pope concludes Greece & Cyprus journey with visit to St. Mary Major

Dec 07, 2021

Pope Francis returns to Rome at the end of his Apostolic Journey to Cyprus and Greece, praying at the feet of Our Lady for the many people he met during his visit.
Pope: “The EU document on Christmas is anachronistic”

Dec 07, 2021

During the talk with journalists on board the flight bringing him back to Rome from Greece, Pope Francis spoke of the Apostolic Visit, of migrants, of fraternity with the Orthodox, and of the resignation of Archbishop Aupetit of Paris, a victim “of gossip.”
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 urged young people to allow themselves to be amazed by God’s love, have real encounters with others and dream big.
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.
Pope Francis apologizes for mistakes of Catholics in meeting with Greek Orthodox leaders in Athens, Greece

Dec 06, 2021

Pope Francis apologized for the ways Catholics have contributed to division with Orthodox Christians during a meeting with Greek Orthodox leaders in Athens on Saturday.
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.
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.