Orthodox priest shouts 'Pope, you are a heretic' at Francis in Athens

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ATHENS, Dec 4 (Reuters) - An elderly man who appeared to be a Greek Orthodox priest shouted "Pope, you are a heretic" as Pope Francis was entering the Orthodox Archbishopric in Athens on Saturday and was taken away by police. Video showed the man, who was dressed in black robes and black hat and had a long white beard, shouting the words in Greek outside the building before police bundled him away.-- More...