Posted on 07/23/2022 6:02:40 PM PDT by marshmallow
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis said he plans to meet with Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill in September at an interreligious meeting in Kazakhstan.
The pope confirmed the meeting in an interview that aired in the United States July 11 on Univision, the Spanish-language network.
“We are going to meet in Kazakhstan in September because there is a religious meeting” there that both have promised to attend, he said.
Although the Vatican has not officially announced the visit, Kazakh authorities said the pope confirmed his participation at the Congress of World and Traditional Religions during a Zoom meeting in April with President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
The interreligious meeting will take place in the capital city, Nur-Sultan, Sept. 14-15.
Despite their opposing views on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the pope told Univision that he has “a good relationship” with the Russian patriarch.
However, he said, “it is evident that his position is conditioned by his homeland in some way; which is not to say that he is an indecent man. No; God knows each person’s moral responsibilities in the depth of their hearts.”
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Hmm. In a nominally Muslim country.
The “pope” is most confortable around Muslims, especially their feet.
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