March 01, 2021
CWN Editor s Note: In 2015, Pope Francis proclaimed St. Gregory of Narek a Doctor of the Church; in February 2021, the Pontiff added the saint’s memorial (February 27) to the General Roman Calendar. The Congregation for the Eastern Churches, the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, and the Armenian embassy to the Holy See organized a Mass and other events for the day.
The Congregation for the Eastern Churches and the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
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By Vladimir Rozanskij
February 12, marked five years since the historic meeting between Pope Francis and the patriarch of Moscow Kirill (Gundjaev), at the Havana airport in Cuba.
To mark the anniversary representatives of the two Churches met in an on-line conference on the theme The Church and the pandemic . In recent years, the meeting was commemorated with similar conferences in Rome and Moscow and in other locations.
Patriarch Kirill observed how the stereotypes of atheistic propaganda, well known in the former Soviet Union, have been revived among society due to the pandemic. Many people have been pushed to doubt the existence of God in the face of the tragedy of Covid-19 .
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