Inside Europe: Separating church and state in Greece
Politics
Anthee Carassava
November 23, 2018
Greece's religious leaders have rejected a government plan to fire 10-thousand clerics and staff as a first step to separating church and state. Greece is one of Europe's last theocratic states. Turning down the so-called divorce settlement puts the Greek Orthodox Church and Athens on a collision course. The government says it's determined to get its way. Anthee Carasava reports from Athens.