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June 11, 2016

Pope sending observers to Orthodox council meeting

Pope Francis walks with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, left, and Orthodox Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens and all of Greece, as they meet refugees at the Moria refugee camp on the island of Lesbos, Greece, April 16. Pope Francis will send high-level observers to the pan-Orthodox council meeting in Crete, beginning June 19, as a sign of respect, support and encouragement of the Orthodox Church.

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis will send high-level observers to the pan-Orthodox council meeting in Crete as a sign of respect, support and encouragement of the Orthodox Church.

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