Ecumenical Patriarch for Pope Francis’ Eve: “He was a loyal friend, companion and supporter”

“Inside the atmosphere of the absolute Easter joy, this morning, Monday of the Week of the Week, came the Pope Francis Dormition. A multicultural brother in Christ, with whom from the first moment of his ascension to the papal throne we had a brotherly and friendly cooperation for the good of our churches and the further approach of our churches and the good of humanity, “said Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. “All of these twelve years of his Papa was a loyal friend, companion and supporter of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. A genuine friend of Orthodoxy, a genuine friend of the Lord’s few brothers for whom he has often performed, acted, united their feet, left an example of genuine humiliation and brotherly love. We will always remember him, “the Ecumenical Patriarch notes in his statement, adding:” When in 2014, just a year after his election and enthronement, we went to Jerusalem on my own and initiative. […]
Source: News Beast

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