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Athens News Agency: News in English, 06-12-16Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] Archbishop welcomes visit to VaticanArchbishop Christodoulos of Athens and All Greece on Saturday welcomed his meeting with Pope Benedict at the Vatican last week, the first visit to the Holy See by a head of the Greek Orthodox church."The visit bore fruit, turning a new page in relations between the two churches and inaugurating a new era," Christodoulos told reporters shortly before leaving Rome for Greece, and after a visit to the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. "I appreciate the exceptional honours that were bestowed on myself and on my delegation, which often exceeded the Holy See's strict formalities," he added. In a separate statement at the Vatican, Cardinal Walter Casper described the archbishop's visit as a good step forward. The cardinal also underlined cooperation between the two churches on social, cultural and political issues, making special note of Apostle Paul's establishment of the Church of Greece. [02] Police unit to tackle soccer violencePolice are to set up a soccer violence unit to help prevent incidents at football matches and other sports events that will also arrange data exchanges with authorities abroad.Created under a presidential decree, the unit will be housed in a general policing division operations room at police headquarters. Among the unit's duties will be locating suspects in sports violence and rating the danger level of events from a security angle, police administration said in a statement on Saturday. Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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