{"id":86692,"date":"2016-02-05T10:32:11","date_gmt":"2016-02-05T18:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=86692"},"modified":"2016-02-05T10:32:12","modified_gmt":"2016-02-05T18:32:12","slug":"pope-and-patriarch-together-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/pope-and-patriarch-together-for-the-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope and Patriarch, Together for the First Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

T<\/span>his morning, we have the following rather stunning notice from the Vatican Press Office<\/a>:<\/p>\n


\nFrancis to meet Patriarch Kirill of Moscow in Cuba<\/strong><\/p>\n

Vatican City, 5 February 2016 (VIS) <\/em>\u2013 The Holy See and the Patriarchate of Moscow are pleased to announce that, by the grace of God, His Holiness Pope Francis and His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia will meet on February 12 next. Their meeting will take place in Cuba, where the Pope will make a stop on his way to Mexico, and where the Patriarch will be on an official visit. It will include a personal conversation at Havana\u2019s Jose Marti International Airport, and will conclude with the signing of a joint declaration.<\/p>\n

This meeting of the Primates of the Catholic Church and the Russian Orthodox Church, after a long preparation, will be the first in history and will mark an important stage in relations between the two Churches. The Holy See and the Moscow Patriarchate hope that it will also be a sign of hope for all people of good will. They invite all Christians to pray fervently for God to bless this meeting, that it may bear good fruits.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A little more background may be found at the uCatholic site<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This meeting is unprecedented. Let us pray that it may bear much good fruit!<\/p>\n

\"Pope-Patriarch-696x365\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This morning, we have the following rather stunning notice from the Vatican Press Office: Francis to meet Patriarch Kirill of Moscow in Cuba Vatican City, 5 February 2016 (VIS) \u2013 The Holy See and the Patriarchate of Moscow are pleased to announce that, by the grace of God, His Holiness Pope Francis and His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":86695,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-moments-in-time","category-pope-francis-i"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/01-patriarch-kirill-gundyaev.jpg?fit=800%2C1240&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1aGBK-myg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":52998,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/both-lungs\/","url_meta":{"origin":86692,"position":0},"title":"Both Lungs","author":"Thom","date":"20 March 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Blessed John Paul II famously said \"Europe has two lungs, it will never breathe easily until it uses both of them\" (Euntes in mundum, 1988). 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