Path of peace: Shadow of war looms over pope's Kazakhstan visit

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- While the purpose of Pope Francis' visit to Kazakhstan will be to attend the Congress of World and Traditional Religions, the interreligious meeting  also will serve as the backdrop for his long-awaited meeting with Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill.

Pope Francis has been wanting to meet with the patriarch for months, telling Univision, the Spanish-language network, in an interview that aired in the United States July 11 that he planned to meet with the patriarch during h

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