ROME: A top cardinal due to meet President Vladimir Putin in Moscow this month says he will be hoping to do groundwork for Pope Francis to make a historic visit to Russia.
Pietro Parolin, the number two in the Vatican hierarchy and its de facto foreign minister, is due in Russia from Aug 20 to 24.
He is scheduled to meet both Putin and the head of the Russian Orthodox church, Patriarch Kirill.
“The preparation of a possible visit to Russia by the Holy Father Francis is not part of the aims of my visit,” Parolin said in an interview with Italy’s Corriere …read more
Source: theSun
