Post by Jaga on Feb 12, 2016 17:11:47 GMT -7
I am watching with a great interest the recent developments between Roman-Catholic and Orthodox Church. I don't believe that both churches can be back close. They went so far away and they have a completely different structure - Orthodox church does not have one head, never went through a major reform like Sobor Vatican II.
I still feel bad that our pope could not get a meeting with Russian head of Orthodox Church. I guess, the world was not ready for it yet.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/meeting-between-pope-and-patriarch-highlights-ancient-rifts-and-current-worries/2016/02/12/e7780868-d199-11e5-b2bc-988409ee911b_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_pope-311pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory
HAVANA — Pope Francis made a brief stopover in Cuba for a historic encounter Friday with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, a meeting that bridged a nearly 1,000-year rift in Christianity but whose focus was believed to be the current turmoil in the Middle East.
The two-hour conversation between Francis and Patriarch Kirill I marked the first meeting between the religious leaders of the Vatican and Moscow since a 11th century Christian schism over papal authority and other disputes. The two leaders signed an agreement and praised a new spirit of collaboration, but said little about the substance of their talks or the content of the document.
"We spoke as brothers," Francis said, prior to departing Havana for Mexico, where he will begin a six-day visit. Sitting beside Kirill, who he embraced after signing an agreement that the pontiff described as "a series of initiatives...that are viable and achievable," Francis said the two men "spoke frankly and without mincing words."
In his short remarks, Kirill said the two churches would work together "to help Christians all over the world," and to "protect human life."
Francis's Alitalia jet landed just before 2 p.m. at Havana's José Martí International Airport, and the pope was received on the tarmac by Cuban President Raúl Castro, who walked with him into the meeting.
The small, decrepit airport terminal in communist-run Cuba was an improbable setting for the encounter between Francis and Kirill, two powerful religious leaders in flowing vestments who preside over empires of architectural splendor.
Cuban state television showed images of the two men seated beside one another in a dark wood-paneled room, with a large crucifix on the wall behind them.
I still feel bad that our pope could not get a meeting with Russian head of Orthodox Church. I guess, the world was not ready for it yet.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/meeting-between-pope-and-patriarch-highlights-ancient-rifts-and-current-worries/2016/02/12/e7780868-d199-11e5-b2bc-988409ee911b_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_pope-311pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory
HAVANA — Pope Francis made a brief stopover in Cuba for a historic encounter Friday with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, a meeting that bridged a nearly 1,000-year rift in Christianity but whose focus was believed to be the current turmoil in the Middle East.
The two-hour conversation between Francis and Patriarch Kirill I marked the first meeting between the religious leaders of the Vatican and Moscow since a 11th century Christian schism over papal authority and other disputes. The two leaders signed an agreement and praised a new spirit of collaboration, but said little about the substance of their talks or the content of the document.
"We spoke as brothers," Francis said, prior to departing Havana for Mexico, where he will begin a six-day visit. Sitting beside Kirill, who he embraced after signing an agreement that the pontiff described as "a series of initiatives...that are viable and achievable," Francis said the two men "spoke frankly and without mincing words."
In his short remarks, Kirill said the two churches would work together "to help Christians all over the world," and to "protect human life."
Francis's Alitalia jet landed just before 2 p.m. at Havana's José Martí International Airport, and the pope was received on the tarmac by Cuban President Raúl Castro, who walked with him into the meeting.
The small, decrepit airport terminal in communist-run Cuba was an improbable setting for the encounter between Francis and Kirill, two powerful religious leaders in flowing vestments who preside over empires of architectural splendor.
Cuban state television showed images of the two men seated beside one another in a dark wood-paneled room, with a large crucifix on the wall behind them.