Pope to visit Bulgaria. (News in Brief: Vatican).Sofia--A positive atmosphere has developed between the Bulgarian Orthodox Church The Bulgarian Orthodox Church (Bulgarian: Българска православна църква, and the Catholic Church paving the way for the Pope's visit to Bulgaria on May 23-25. The new Bulgarian government supports the visit and will "make the greatest efforts" to receive the Pope. The Holy Father will be in Bulgaria on the occasion of the feast of Sts. Cyril and Methodius who brought the Christian faith to Slavic lands and who are revered in both the Eastern and Western Church. On December 31, 1980, Pope John Paul Pope John Paul is the name of two Popes of the Roman Catholic Church:
Saint to whose protection and intercession a person, society, church, place, profession, or activity is dedicated. The choice is usually made on the basis of some real or presumed relationship (e.g., St. of Europe. Bulgaria is the cradle of Eastern, Northern and Southern Slav Christianity. Since 1994, Catholics, who comprise 2% of the country's Christians, have been organized in three dioceses (one Byzantine and two Latin-rite). They anticipate a pastoral pastoral, literary work in which the shepherd's life is presented in a conventionalized manner. In this convention the purity and simplicity of shepherd life is contrasted with the corruption and artificiality of the court or the city. visit from Pope John Paul during his meetings with Orthodox leaders. Bulgaria's population numbers 7.7 million. |
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