The Holy Father greeted English-speaking pilgrims and visitors taking part in the general audience in St. Peter’s Square, particularly the groups from England, Norway, India, Malaysia, China, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Canada and the United States of America.
He extended a particular welcome to the priests from the Metropolia of Nea Ionia of the Orthodox Church of Greece, accompanied by His Grace Metropolitan Gabriel.
“Upon all of you, and your families, I invoke joy and peace in our Lord Jesus Christ,” the Pope said in Italian, translated immediately into English by one of his collaborators in the Roman Curia.
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