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Saturday, December 4, 2021

On Pope’s visit to Athens, Greek Orthodox priest shouts ‘Pope, you are a heretic’

An elderly Greek Orthodox priest shouted “Pope, you are a heretic” as Pope Francis was entering the Orthodox Archbishopric in Athens on Saturday and was taken away by police, a reminder of the lingering distrust between the two divided churches.Video showed the man, who was dressed in black robes and black hat and had a long white beard, shouting the words in Greek outside the building before police bundled him away.Witnesses said he shouted loud enough for the pope to hear the commotion. The…


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