Reunification Rumors Swirl As Pope Francis Makes Overtures To Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill
An historic meeting between Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church is "getting closer every day," a senior Orthodox prelate has said. The unprecedented meeting would be a significant step towards healing the 1,000-year-old rift between the Western and Eastern branches of Christianity, which split in the Great Schism of 1054.
Geoffrey Grider