Tag: Francis
new symbolic visit of Pope Francis to Lesbos
At the heart of a three-day visit to Greece, an Orthodox country, the Pope made a stopover this Sunday in the Lesvos refugee camp where just over 2,000 asylum seekers…
Suleiman the Magnificent and Francis I: why were they allies?
Considered the greatest sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Suleiman nicknamed “the Magnificent” by Westerners, “the Legislator” or “the Great” by the Turks, reigned from 1520 to 1566. His immense territory…
Pope Francis begins four-day trip to the Mediterranean
Pope Francis is expected this Thursday, December 2 in Cyprus, then in Greece on Saturday where he will make his 35th apostolic journey since his election. A four-day trip that…