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Pope will not attend religious summit in Russia |
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Written by Catholic News Agency
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Friday, 23 June 2006 10:00 |
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"Pope will not attend religious summit in Russia" "Pope Benedict XVI will not attend the international three-day summit of religious leaders that opens in Moscow in early July because he was not invited, reported MosNews... Metropolitan Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church’s foreign relations department, explained that the Russian Church did not want to hold two landmark events - the international interfaith summit and the long-expected meeting between the heads of the two churches- simultaneously, reported the news agency...."
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