Letter #13, 2016: The Kiss That Took A Thousand Years[2016-02-13][Engleză]February 12, 2016, Friday -- The Kiss That Took A Thousand YearsThe Kiss That Took A Thousand Years HAVANA, Cuba Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill kissed each other and sat down together Friday for the first meeting between two branches of the Church divided since 1054 A.D. almost 1,000 years ago. P ope Francis (above right) meets for the first time with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, in Havana on February 12, 2016. Francis, 79, in white robes and a skullcap and Kirill, 69, in black robes and a white headdress, then exchanged kisses and embraced. They then sat down smiling for the historic meeting this afternoon at the Havana airport. Special note: Our Inside the Vatican Easter pilgrimage to Italy in March includes Assisi, city of peace, and Norcia, the town of the renewed Benedictine monastery of Norcia. I will travel on this pilgrimage, and it will include special interesting meetings. We will also travel to Russia in July on our third annual Urbi et Orbi Foundation pilgrimage, which will include interesting meetings. To read our full schedule, click here. To send an email to us about this pilgrimage, click here. This newsflash will be posted here. Note: These newsflashes go to some 20,000 people around the world. If you would like to subscribe, simply send me an email adress, and I will add you to the list. Also, if you would like to subscribe to our print magazine, Inside the Vatican, please do so! It would support the old technology of print and paper, as well as this newsflash. Click here. What is the glory of God? "The glory of God is man alive; but the life of man is the vision of God." St. Irenaeus of Lyons, in the territory of France, in his great work Against All Heresies, written c. 180 A.D. Sursa: www.InsideTheVatican.com Contor Accesări: 1080, Ultimul acces: 2026-07-31 04:15:22
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