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Pope won’t meet Russian Orthodox patriarch during Kazakh visit – RIA

08/24/2022

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2022.08.24 20:18

Pope won't meet Russian Orthodox patriarch during Kazakh visit - RIA
FILE PHOTO – Pope Francis holds the weekly general audience at the Vatican, August 24, 2022. Vatican Media/Handout via REUTERS

(Reuters) – When Pope Francis attends a gathering of religious leaders in Kazakhstan next month he will not meet the Russian Orthodox patriarch, who backs the war in Ukraine, RIA news agency cited a senior Orthodox official as saying on Wednesday.

Francis, due to be in the capital Nur-Sultan from Sept. 13-15 to attend the VII Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, has said in several recent interviews he hopes to meet with patriarch Kirill when in Kazakhstan.

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08/24/2022

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