Pope Francis is visiting Bulgaria, the European Union's poorest country and one that taken a hard line against migrants, a stance that conflicts with the pontiff's view that reaching out to vulnerable people is a moral imperative
On a two-day trip that began Sunday, Francis plans to tour a refugee center and dive into the Vatican's complicated relations with the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. He will then have daylong stop Tuesday in neighboring North Macedonia, the first by a pope.
On Monday, Francis will visit a refugee center in a former school on the outskirts of Sofia, the capital. Radostina Belcheva of the Council of Refugee Women in Bulgaria said Francis' visit will show solidarity with those in need. Francis also will meet with the leader of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Neofit, during a visit Sunday to the headquarters of the Holy Synod, the church's governing body.
Despite the small numbers of Catholics, Bulgarians are particularly fond of one of the 20th century Catholic Church's most important figures, Pope John XXIII. The former Angelo Roncalli was the Vatican envoy to Bulgaria from 1925-1934 and is known affectionately as the"Bulgarian pope."
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