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Pope, Russian Patriarch meet in Cuba nearly 1000 years after split


Photos: REUTERS/MAX ROSSI

Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill embraced and kissed on Friday in a historic meeting nearly 1,000 years after the Eastern and Western branches of Christianity split apart.
“Finally,” Francis said as he and Kirill entered through doors on opposite sides of a room at Havana airport to begin private talks. “We are brothers.”
The two religious leaders, guests of a Communist government, are addressing ways of healing the rift between their Churches as well as their concerns over the persecution of Christians in the Middle East.
They were expected to speak about territorial disputes between the two Churches after …read more

Source: Public Radio of Armenia

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