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Athens News Agency: News in English, 09-05-11
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[01] Kassimis holds Vatican talks
[01] Kassimis holds Vatican talks
ROME (ANA-MPA) - Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Theodoros Kassimis met
here on Monday with the Vatican's Deputy Foreign Minister Pietro
Parolin, with talks focusing on the recognition of the Roman Catholic
Church in Greece as a private entity, while talks also touched on the
excellent relations between Greece and the Holy See as well as the
importance of human-centred and Christian principles in European
society.
Following his talks, Kassimis visited the 4th century Basilica di San
Clemente, near Rome's Colosseum, where St. Cyril's relics are kept.
A service was officiated by Metropolitan of Italy Gennadios, on the
occasion of the Eastern Orthodox feast day of Ss. Cyril and Methodius.
Greece's Ambassador to the Vatican, Miltiades Hiskakis, delivered an
address, while Greek ambassador to Italy Haralambos Rokanas was also
present at the mass.
In statements to reporters, Kassimis said procedures for the formal
recognition of the Roman Catholic Church as a private law entity have
been completed, adding that his talks at the Vatican "confirmed, once
again, the support offered to Greece's national issues."
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