Pope Francis heads to Kazakh interfaith congress—without hope for a meeting with Patriarch Kirill

Pope Francis had hoped his trip to Kazakhstan this week would offer a chance to meet with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church—who has justified the war in Ukraine—and plead for peace.

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