Moscow, April 21, 2025 (AFP) - Pope Francis oversaw 'important stage' in relations between churches: Russian Patriarch Kirill

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Pope Francis oversaw an "important stage" in relations between the Catholic and Russian Orthodox churches, Patriarch Kirill said Monday after the Vatican announced the pontiff's death on Monday, aged 88. "An important stage in the relations between the Russian Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches is associated with his name," said Kirill, the head of the Russian church who met the pope in 2016 for the first-ever meeting between heads of the two c......

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