Vatican delegation to attend enthronement of new Russian Patriarch
January 29, 2009
The Vatican will send at least two officials to Russia for the ceremonial installation of Metropolitan Kirill as Patriarch of Moscow. Cardinal Walter Kasper, the president of the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity, will attend the February 1 ceremony along with the secretary of the council, Bishop Brian Farrell. The Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, might also attend. The Vatican nuncio in Russia, Archbishop Antonio Menini, will be on hand, as will Moscow's Archbishop Paolo Pezzi.
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