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Pope, Orthodox Patriarch Pray Together; Try to Bridge Differences

The Christian Post
By The Associated Press
Fri, Oct. 24 2008 09:01 AM EDT

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians prayed with Pope Benedict XVI in the Sistine Chapel and urged Roman Catholics and Orthodox to work together to combat fundamentalism and to promote religious tolerance.

Benedict praised his guest, Patriarch Bartholomew I, on the occasion of an Orthodox leader's first service in the chapel, which is famous for its frescoes painted by Michelangelo.

Bartholomew's participation in the Oct. 18 Vespers service and speech, in the chapel where popes are elected, is a "joyous experience of unity, perhaps not perfect, but true and deep," Benedict said.
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posted by Dr. Denice Hanley, DPM, M.Div. @ 10:30 AM