The head of the Russian Orthodox Church has canceled his planned attendance at an interfaith meeting in Kazakhstan next month where he was expected to meet with Pope Francis, the Crux website reports today (August 27, 2022).
Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, head of foreign relations for the Moscow Patriarchate, said that Patriarch Kirill would not be attending the September 13-15 meeting; therefore, any meting with Francis was off.
Kirill has justified the Russian invasion of Ukraine on spiritual and ideological grounds, calling it a "metaphysical" battle with the West.
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