The Vatican bridge to Russia

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, and Russian President Vladimir Putin had a positive and respectful meeting in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, according to the Vatican. The day before, Parolin met with Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, who praised relations between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Vatican, insisting that the two have similar positions on a variety of international issues

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