Why Pope Francis Could Make His First Papal Visit To Serbia

Over the last 20 years, Serbia has been slowly improving its relationship with the Holy See. Last fall, Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Secretary of the Holy See for Relations with States, visited Serbia. During his visit, he met with the country’s president and prime minister as well as recently-elected Patriarch Porfirije of the Serbian Orthodox Church, telling the Serbian press that “Pope Francis is open for all invitations.”

EuropeJovan TripkovicJuly 8, 2022Jovan Tripkovic, Primary Feature, Pope Francis, Serbia, papal visit to Serbia, Paul Richard Gallagher, Holy See, Vatican, Patriarch Porfirije, Serbian Orthodox Church, BalkansComment

Serbia's New Patriarch Brings Track Record of Peace-Building To Divided Nation

(ANALYSIS) The Serbian Orthodox Church elected Patriarch Porfirije after its former leader died of COVID-19. Porfirije has won many international accolades for growing a drug addiction therapy program and building bridges between Serbs, Croatians and the people of Kosovo, a disputed Muslim-majority territory with many 13th and 14th century Serbian Orthodox holy sites.

Europe, NewsMladen AleksicFebruary 23, 2021Serbian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Porfirije, Mladen Aleksic, Primary Feature, Belgrade, Kovilj, Croatia, Serbia, Kosovo, Secondary FeatureComment

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