Holy See

Pope Francis began a lightning visit to European institutions in Strasbourg on Tuesday where he was expected to call for a "tired" Europe hit by economic crises and surging nationalism to reclaim a leadership role.
     

BELGRADE - Archivist and librarian of the Vatican Apostolic Library Archbishop Jean-Louis Brugues and his host, Serbian Minister of Culture and Information Ivan Tasovac pointed Wednesday to the historic dimension of this visit, which is the first ever visit to Serbia by a representative of the Vatican Library.

BELGRADE - The current archivist and librarian of the Vatican Apostolic Library, Archbishop Jean-Louis Brugues, signed Monday at the National Library of Serbia (NBS) a protocol on cooperation between the two institutions, set to facilitate the exchange of publications, knowledge and experts in the field of gathering, preserving, processing and protecting the library material.

Serbian Church denies patriarch was invited to Vatican

BELGRADE -- A spokesman for the Serbian Orthodox Church has denied that Serbian Patriarch Irinej was invited to visit the Vatican and meet with the Catholic pope.

Serbian Church sends letter to Vatican

BELGRADE -- A letter explaining the position of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) regarding the canonization of Alojzije Stepinac was recently handed to a Vatican official.

BELGRADE - The foreign ministers of Serbia and the Holy See, Ivica Dacic and Dominique Mamberti respectively, signed on Friday an agreement on cooperation in the field of tertiary education, and agreed that Serbia and the Holy See have common interests, and that cooperation should be encouraged.

BELGRADE - Ivica Dacic, Serbia's first deputy prime minister and foreign minister, talked with Apostolic Nuncio of the Holy See in Belgrade Orlando Antonini on Wednesday ahead of the forthcoming visit by Dominique Mamberti, the Vatican's secretary for relations with states, from June 27 to July 1.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Foreign Minister Ivan Mrkic and Apostolic Nuncio of the Holy See in Belgrade Orlando Antonini talked in the Serbian capital on Tuesday about the forthcoming visit by Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, Secretary for Relations with States of the Holy See, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stated.