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Pope Benedict and Patriarch Alexei II to meet in 2009?


There are reports in several news agencies today that the Pope and Patriarch Alexei are likely to meet during a summit of world religious leaders in October/November 2009 in Baku.

www.katholisches.info/?p=2077
de.rian.ru/culture/20081110/118229861.html
www.aktuell.ru/russland/news/patriarch_alexi_ii_und_papst_benedikt_treffen_sich_2009_22...

What shall we make of this? My own feeling is that Patriarch Alexei will find a way to torpedo the preparations or call the meeting off at the last minute. Maybe I'm too pessimistic...

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I did see an item in the Anglophone media about that yesterday, but I have been sick as a dog with acute distemper and absolutely miserable - a really bad case of regular flu and stomach flu - that last night it took me several sessions at a time before I could finish one post. Ihe post right below, for example, is something I had started last night, but was unable to finish when I took time out and fell asleep all the way through to 10 o'clock today, when I did try my best to finish it.

As for the news itself, I will borrow from the Muslims to say 'Insh'allah!' but, as you know, no one is more skeptical about Alexei-II than I am, so, it's all in the hands of the Lord....

TERESA



P.S. Here is the English release of the RIA-Novosti news item on which the German reports were based. Novosti was an official news agency in Soviet days, but I don't know if it still is.


Pope, Russian Patriarch
could meet in a year in Baku




BAKU, November 10 (RIA Novosti) - The heads of the Roman Catholic and Russian Orthodox churches could meet in a year in the capital of Azerbaijan, Baku, church representatives said on Monday.

"Important issues are being discussed to ensure a historic meeting between Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia and Pope Benedict XVI," Bishop Alexander of Baku and the Near Caspian said.

He said that the meeting could take place within the framework of an international religious forum slated for October 30-November 2, 2009 in Baku. Both Alexy II and Benedict XVI have been invited to attend.

Yan Chapla, the head of the Roman Catholic Church in Azerbaijan, said serious preparations were needed to ensure such a meeting went ahead, adding that "we hope that the meeting in Baku will eventually take place."

Last month the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia said current disagreements between the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches were preventing him from meeting the Pope.

He also said, however, that the two churches have run a number of successful projects as part of their UN activities and collaboration with other international organizations.

The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Alexy II, earlier accused the Vatican of trying to win new converts in post-Soviet countries regarded by the Russian Church as historically Orthodox.



[Modificato da TERESA BENEDETTA 11/11/2008 17:51]
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