Sidetrack Episode 35 When Francis Met Kirill

Description: In this episode we start to peel back the layers of history behind of the meeting of Pope Francis and Patriarch of Kirill of Moscow in February of 2016. Many claims of superlatives have been made about this meeting. Was it the first meeting of its kind? We will see, the Roman Catholic and Russian Orthodox Churches have some good reasons to push the reset button.

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Episode Links:
•http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35500973
•http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2016/02/the-last-time-head-of-russian-church.html?m=1
•http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/full-text-of-joint-declaration-signed-by-pope-francis-and-patriarch-kirill-61341/
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