The three fragments, held by the Vatican since the 19th century, consist of a head of a boy, a bearded male head, and a part of a horse's head.
has decided to return three Parthenon pieces to Greece in a move that could add pressure to the U.K. government as it stands firm regarding its own collection of Parthenon marbles. The return, announced Friday, is expected to take some time to execute.Palermo, Sicily
In announcing the decision, the Vatican termed the gesture a"donation" from Francis to His Beatitude Ieronymos II, the Orthodox Christian archbishop of Athens and all Greece, and said it was"a concrete sign of his sincere desire to follow in the ecumenical path of truth."Pope Francis and Archbishop Ieronymos II in Athens, Greece, December 6th, 2021.
A similar ecumenical gift was made by Pope Francis in 2019. According to the Catholic News Agency, the pope gave Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople a relic of St. Peter as"a confirmation of the journey that our Churches have made in drawing closer to one another.
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