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Τhree marble fragments of the Parthenon temple kept at the Vatican Museums were presented to Greece as a gift for the Acropolis Museum at a ceremony in the Holy See on Tuesday. The gift is a personal decision by Pope Francis to Archbishop Hieronymos of Athens and All Greece. Τhe …

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Pope Francis will return three fragments of the Parthenon sculptures which have been held in the Vatican museums, in the form of a “donation” to the head of the Greek Orthodox Church, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Ieronymos II. The three fragments consist of the heads of a boy, …

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has invited the head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis to visit Hagia Sophia, following the decision to convert it from a museum into a mosque. According to spokesman for the Turkish presidency, Ibrahim Kalin, Turkey has invited everyone to the mosque, including Pope Francis. …

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Pope Francis sent a cardinal to the refugee camp in Moria on the island of Lesvos on Thursday. The Vatican delegation was led by Cardinal Konrad Krajewski. According to catholic news service, the May 9 visit to the “unofficial” Moira camp, where more than 1,000 people live outside a government-established …

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The Islamic State (IS) is inciting its supporters to intensify attacks against Christians and targets the Pope, the Coptic leader and the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem. The incitement is published in the latest issue of IS’s online magazine Dabiq, just days after two of the terror group supporters cut …

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The Pope was right. But he is the Pope and he can say that what politicians do not dare to. Condemning the Brussels attacks, Pope Francis said on Maundy Thursday: “Behind that gesture (in Brussels) there are arms producers, arm dealers, traffickers who want blood, not peace. All of us …

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