Pope Francis seeks closer Orthodox ties
Francis visited the island of Lesbos in 2016 but his trip to Athens, which will include a mass and meetings with Greece's top cleric, Archbishop Ieronymos, is the first to the Greek capital by a Pope since John Paul II came in May 2001.
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Francis has already visited several majority Orthodox countries including Georgia, Armenia, Romania, Bulgaria and the Republic of North Macedonia.
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ATHENS - Twenty years after the last papal visit to Athens sparked protests by monks, Pope Francis heads to the Greek capital on