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Papal trip to Romania to mix Orthodox outreach, support for Eastern rite church

2018 photo. Pilgrims 20190514T0940 26809 CNS ROMANIA SUMULEU CIUCPope Francis is set to visit his third Eastern Orthodox-majority country in the space of a month at the beginning of June, traveling to Romania just weeks after visiting Bulgaria and North Macedonia.

Beyond its ecumenical dimension, the May 31-June 2 voyage will also have the pontiff spend time with a diverse minority Catholic community, which is split between a primarily immigrant Latin rite population and the Romanian Greek Catholic Church.

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