Pope Benedict XVI meets Metropolitan Kirill, the head of the Moscow Patriarchate's Department of External Affairs, at the Vatican on May 18, 2006.
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No plans yet for Pope-Patriarch "summit"
Posted on Thu May 22 2008
Moscow, May. 22, 2008 (CWNews.com) - A "summit meeting" between Pope Benedict XVI and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II is a possibility, but it is not the main focus of ecumenical efforts, according to the president of the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity.
Cardinal Walter Kasper told the Interfax news service that no time-frame has been set for a meeting between the Pope and the Russian prelate. Such a meeting could have great benefit, he said, insofar as it would underline the shared Christian commitment to upholding Gospel principles in a secularized world.
However, the cardinal continued, the primary purpose of ecumenical work is to bring about a restoration of Christian unity. If a "summit meeting" served that purpose it would be useful, he said; but a meeting would not be arranged simply for its own sake.
Cardinal Kasper told Interfax that the main obstacles to union between Rome and Moscow involve disagreements about papal primacy and other doctrinal issues. He added that mutual mistrust and misunderstandings were also obstacles, which could be overcome through dialogue.
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