Orthodox patriarch to Rome for pope's installation

By Dr. Frank Kaufmann on March 18, 2013 8:32 PM | No Comments

pope.jpgBartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, headed Monday for the Vatican to attend Pope Francis' installation Mass -- the first time a patriarch from the Istanbul-based church is attending a papal investiture since the two branches of Christianity split nearly 1,000 years ago


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