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Francis and Kirill: A meeting on the margins?

Analysis

Ed. Condon
Apr 13, 2022
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Patriarch Kirill and Pope Francis, Havana, 2016. Credit: REUTERS / Alamy Stock Photo

In the nearly two months since the invasion of Ukraine took steam, Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill has planted himself ever more firmly behind President Vladimir Putin’s war. 

With accounts of war crimes, massacres, and even acts of genocide emerging in the wake of the …

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