Moscow Trip Still Uncertain
Posted by Tom McFeely
Friday, February 13, 2009 3:16 PM
Kirill meets Benedict at the Vatican in April 2005. (CNS/L'Osservatore Romano)
The recent election of Patriarch Kirill as the new leader of the Russian Orthodox Church has led some analysts to predict that Pope Benedict XVI may soon be invited to visit Moscow.
That’s because of Patriarch Kirill’s two decades of experience as the Orthodox Church’s senior official in charge of relations with other churches.
But it’s premature to expect a papal visit to Russia right... READ MORE
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Benedict Welcomes Kirill
Posted by Tom McFeely
Monday, February 02, 2009 7:49 AM
Pope Benedict XVI sent a goodwill message to mark Patriarch Kirill’s enthronement in Moscow yesterday as head of the Russian Orthodox Church.
The Vatican was represented at the enthronement by a delegation led by Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, and Bishop Brian Farrell, the council’s secretary.
In his message, the Pope said he greeted... READ MORE
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To Moscow With Hope
Posted by Tom McFeely
Friday, January 30, 2009 8:13 AM
Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill (CNS/Reuters)
The Vatican is sending its two senior ecumenical officials to Sunday’s inauguration ceremony in Moscow of Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill.
Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, and Bishop Brian Farrell, will attend the ceremony, the RIA Novosti news service reported.
An official with the patriarchy who disclosed this new also said that... READ MORE
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Moscow’s New Shepherd
Posted by Tom McFeely
Tuesday, January 27, 2009 3:32 PM
The Pope with Metropolitan Kirill in December 2007. (CNS/Reuters)
The Russian Orthodox Church has a new patriarch.
Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk was elected today as the 16th Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia by delegates meeting in Moscow.
Patriarch Kirill, 62, became a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church in 1976 when he was only 29. By that time he had already held a number of important positions within the church, including an appointment as the... READ MORE
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New Russian Orthodox Leader
Posted by Tom McFeely
Tuesday, December 09, 2008 8:48 AM
The Pope and Metropolitan Kirill in December 2007 (CNS/Reuters)
News that Metropolitan Kirill was elected Saturday to be the interim leader of the Russian Orthodox Church means that he is now on course to succeed Patriarch Alexei II, whose funeral took place in Moscow today.
Metropolitan Kirill is expected to become the new patriarch in six months time.
But views on whether his election will be good for Orthodox-Catholic relations are mixed. On the one... READ MORE
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