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Pope Francis arrives in Skopje (Tanjug, B92)

By   /  07/05/2019  /  Serb. Monitoring  /  Comments Off on Pope Francis arrives in Skopje (Tanjug, B92)

Pope Francis arrived on Tuesday morning at the airport in Skopje, where he was traditionally greeted with bread and salt. The head of the Roman Catholic Church was greeted by the president and prime minister of North Macedonia, Djordje Ivanov and Zoran Zaev, and other representatives of the government and the city of Skopje. Pope […]

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Dacic. Pope’s visit would be useful for Serbia (Tanjug, B92)

By   /  12/11/2018  /  Serb. Monitoring  /  Comments Off on Dacic. Pope’s visit would be useful for Serbia (Tanjug, B92)

Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister, Ivica Dacic said he thinks the Pope Francis visit to Serbia, would be useful, Tanjug news agency reported. “You know my stance. I made it public several times. I think it would be useful for Serbia and Serbian people in general,” Dacic said, after ceremonial liturgy at the Church of  Holly […]

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“Former President Nikolic canceled pope’s visit to Serbia” (B92, Tanjug)

By   /  06/07/2018  /  Serb. Monitoring  /  No Comments

Pope Francis’ visit would be of state and national interest to Serbia, which is why it is important to achieve consensus in our country, says Ivica Dacic. The foreign minister and first deputy PM also said that the role of the Vatican is invaluable as Serbia fights for Kosovo and Metohija. Dacic added that he […]

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Pope Francis should come to Serbia, Belgrade FM says (Politika, N1)

By   /  04/07/2018  /  Serb. Monitoring  /  No Comments

Only a day after the Serb Orthodox Church (SPC) Patriarch said it was still not time for the head of the Roman Catholic Church to visit Serbia, the country Foreign Minister said Pope Francis should come. Ivica Dacic told the Belgrade daily Politika on Wednesday that there would be no better Pope for Serbia and […]

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Pope Francis hosted a private audience with President Thaci (Koha)

By   /  28/09/2017  /  Articles from Kosovo media  /  No Comments

Pope Francis, hosted today at the Holy See in Vatican, a private audience with the President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci. “Thaci stressed that Kosovo has continued to preserve patience, faith and values that we have as society – love and solidarity in family and society, respect for everyone’s dignity, tolerance and cooperation,” informs a press […]

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“Unlikely that Pope Francis will go to Pristina” (B92)

By   /  08/09/2016  /  Serb. Monitoring  /  No Comments

Serbian Ambassador to UNESCO and the country’s former ambassador to the Vatican Darko Tanaskovic say he does not believe Pope Francis will visit Kosovo. Tanaskovic also noted that even if that were to happen, “it would not have to mean that the Vatican had recognized, or was going to recognize, Kosovo.” The diplomat also advised […]

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Pope Francis “to visit Belgrade and Pristina” – report (B92)

By   /  07/09/2016  /  Serb. Monitoring  /  No Comments

Pope Francis “should visit Belgrade and Pristina within the next year,” the Belgrade-based Danas daily reported on Wednesday. The paper was quoting “unofficial Western diplomatic sources” when reporting this, Tanjug said. According to the report, the sources said Pope Francis had been invited by Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic to pay a first official visit to […]

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Thaçi meets the Pope, says the Holly Father plans to visit Kosovo (Indeksonline)

By   /  05/09/2016  /  Articles from Kosovo media  /  No Comments

The President of Kosovo Hashim Thaçi, met on Sunday during the ceremony of Mother Teresa’s being declared a saint, Pope Francis. “I had yesterday a private audience with Pope Francis, and we reflected once again on the role of Kosovo on the peace in Balkans and the role of Saint Teresa to the peace in […]

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