Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for external church relations meets the Vatican State Secretary

On December 6, the Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for external church relations Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad met with the Vatican State Secretary Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone.

They discussed current relations between the Roman Cath9lic Church and the Russian Orthodox Church and the interreligious dialogue.

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