Tag: Pope Benedict XVI
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Table for one?
Over at Ad Orientem, John wonders about the Green Patriarch’s pending trip (HT: George M.) By my count H.A.H.’s itinerary includes… 6 liturgical functions + 1 prayer service at the UN 8 functions at which he will be honored or given some form of award 3 excursions that appear to be mainly sight seeing 2…
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Moscow: No meeting with pope in the works
From Interfax (Oct. 7): Head of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk has denied reports that Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia might visit the Vatican in the near future. “No preparations are being made for the Patriarch’s trip to the Vatican and his meeting with the Pope…
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Moscow: Limited jurisdiction for Constantinople
From the Moscow Patriarchate’s report on the recent meeting between Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk and Pope Benedict XVI: Archbishop Hilarion stressed the importance of the Orthodox and Catholic common witness to traditional Christian values in face of the secular world. He pointed to the identity of the Orthodox and Catholic Churches’ views on such themes…
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Archbishop Hilarion to visit Vatican soon
Moscow, September 9, Interfax – Head of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk is going on a working visit to Vatican to discuss issues connected with dialogue between the two Churches. He told it at his meeting with Dominican Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso in Moscow. According to the…