Pope Lion XIV. He met on Saturday with Metropolitit Anthony, a senior priest from the ranks of the Orthodox Church, in an attempt to alleviate the violated relations between the two churches due to Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The Pope met with an audion with Antonia and the five-sided Russian priests in the audience, published by Vatican without additional details.
Metropolitan Anthony is the head of the Department for the Foreign Relations of the Orthodox Church.
From the beginning of the pontificate in May Leo XIV. He has repeatedly referred to peace in global conflicts, and this month of Ukrainian President Volodimir, who visited him in the Vatican in early July, as the holy chair is ready to host peace talks between Russia and Ukraine.
But Russian officials said that the Vatican do not consider a serious place for negotiations, given that it was about his NATO member territories, it is Italy that supports Ukraine.
In his first telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin early June, Pope Leo XIV. He called Russia to take steps toward the end of the conflict.
The chief of the Russian Orthodox Church, the patriarch curill with enthusiasm supports the invasion of Ukraine.
(Vijesti.ba)
