×
GreekEnglish

×
  • Politics
  • Diaspora
  • World
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Cooking
Wednesday
09
Sep 2026
weather symbol
Athens 24°C
  • Home
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • World
  • Diaspora
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Mediterranean Cooking
  • Weather
Contact follow Protothema:
Powered by Cloudevo
> Greece

200 journalists to cover Pope’s visit to Lesvos

"Hope this is not a show-off trip" Archbishop Hieronymus said

Newsroom April 13 12:31

Δείτε περισσότερα άρθρα μας στα αποτελέσματα αναζήτησης

Add Protothema.gr on Google

Only a few days have left till the visit of Pope Francis in Lesvos. On Saturday, international television channels will broadcast live the visit of Pope Francis, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Archbishop Hieronymus to millions of Christians all over the world. CNN, BBC and RAI are working together with Greece’s state broadcaster ERT to arrange the last details so as to cover this important event.

Archbishop Hieronymus wanted to put a spotlight on refugee issue at international level. “Hope this is not a show-off trip”, he said. “Let it be a plain trip. The act itself is a message,” added Archbishop Hieronymus.

The visit of Pope Francis will last four hours, while two hundred journalists from all over the world have asked to cover the event and fifty-three foreign journalists will accompany Pope through his visit.

Ask me anything

Explore related questions

> More Greece

Follow en.protothema.gr on Google News and be the first to know all the news

See all the latest News from Greece and the World, the moment they happen, at en.protothema.gr

> Latest Stories

Adonis Georgiadis questions clinic where Mazonakis suffered cardiac arrest: “It was not licensed for plasmapheresis”

September 9, 2026

New developments regarding pensions: What will change starting in 2027 regarding personal differentials, EAS, and allowances

September 9, 2026

Giorgos Mazonakis’ final minutes before cardiac arrest: What happened at the Kolonaki clinic

September 9, 2026

Vasiliki Lazarakou: Companies have raised more than €25 billion on the Athens Stock Exchange since 2019

September 9, 2026

Giorgos Mazonakis’s last television interview: What he said about his hospitalization at Dromokaiteio and his relationship with his family

September 9, 2026

Giorgos Mazonakis dies of cardiac arrest, passes away at “Elpis” hospital

September 9, 2026

Athens emerges as a new hedge fund hub: After Chris Rokos, Izzy Englander’s US-based millennium is also heading to Greece

September 9, 2026

Kikilias at the meeting of maritime affairs ministers: Our joint effort to protect European families and societies

September 9, 2026
All News

> Greece

In reverence, the emotional deposition in Jerusalem, see photos & video

The Holy Temple of the Resurrection opened after many days due to the war between Israel and Iran

April 10, 2026

In the final stretch for the accreditation of joint master’s degrees: Aiming for their launch in the coming academic year

April 10, 2026

Schedule for Epitaph Procession today (10/4)

April 10, 2026

Perfect weather for Easter excursions, according to Tsatrafyllia’s forecast

April 10, 2026

Easter in Greece: The customs that continue in Greek tradition – From Nafpaktos to Corfu

April 10, 2026
Homepage
PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION POLICY COOKIES POLICY TERM OF USE
Powered by Cloudevo
Copyright © 2026 Πρώτο Θέμα