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Russia's Catholics, Orthodox Hopeful on Historic Pope-Patriarch Meeting


Russia's Catholics, Orthodox Hopeful on Historic Pope-Patriarch Meeting
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Russia's Catholic minority has welcomed an historic first meeting Friday in Cuba between the Pope and the Patriarch of Russia's dominant Orthodox Church. The Orthodox Church split with Rome in 1054 and analysts say politics, both church and state, have been driving the relationship in the centuries since. VOA's Daniel Schearf reports from Moscow.

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