Pope Francis said he would meet the Russian Patriarch Kirill
After a meeting with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I in Istanbul, Pope Francis said Monday he would like to meet the head of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill, Associated Press (AP) reported.
“I said I’ll go wherever you want – you call me and I’ll go. And he also has the same desire,” Pope Francis said, as quoted by AP, in reference to his will to meet the Russian Patriarch. “But with the problems of the war, the poor guy has so many problems, so a meeting with the pope will have to wait. But we do want to meet. We want to go forward.”