{"id":240327,"date":"2019-06-04T10:53:45","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T07:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=240327"},"modified":"2019-06-04T10:53:45","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T07:53:45","slug":"pope-francis-you-have-a-great-patriarch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/pope-francis-you-have-a-great-patriarch\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis: \u2018You have a great patriarch\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

On his return flight from Romania, Pope Francis expressed his appreciation for the Romanian Patriarch Daniel.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018You have a great patriarch,\u2019 the pope told the Romanian journalists June 2, spending about 35 minutes with reporters answering five questions.<\/p>\n

When asked by Cristian Micaci from Radio Maria Romania about the relations between Catholics and Orthodox, Pope Francis praised the personality of the Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church.<\/p>\n

\u2018You have a great patriarch, a man of great heart, a great scholar, he knows the mysticism of the Desert Fathers, the spiritual mysticism, he studied in Germany and is also a man of prayer. It’s easy to get close to Daniel, we talked like brothers,\u2019 the pope said as cited by Vatican News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Pope Francis spoke with journalists on his return flight from Romania. Photo: Vatican News<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Pope Francis met personally with Patriarch Daniel during the first day of his visit to Romania, spending around two hours at the Patriarchal Palace and at the National Cathedral in Bucharest.<\/p>\n

At the Patriarchate\u2019s Palace, Francis also met with the members of the Permanent Synod<\/a> of the Romanian Orthodox Church.<\/p>\n

Being received with warm applause at the National Cathedral, the pope told<\/a> the congregation that \u2018Our Father<\/em>\u00a0is a prayer that leaves us troubled and crying out in protest against the\u00a0famine of love<\/em>\u00a0in our time.\u2019<\/p>\n

Patriarch Daniel expressed his gratitude<\/a> to Pope Francis for \u201cthe liturgical spaces offered by Catholic communities to Romanian Orthodox parishes in Western Europe\u201d.<\/p>\n

Follow Basilica.ro on Twitter: @BasilicaNews<\/span><\/p>\n

Read more: Full text of Pope Francis’ in-flight press conference from Romania<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Photography courtesy of Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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