Icon revered by pope is returned to Russian Orthodox Church
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MOSCOW A Russian icon is back home after hanging for years in Pope John Paul&#39;s private chapel. The Vatican is returning the 18th century replica of the Mother of God of Kazan icon to the Russian Orthodox Church
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Pope John Paul II has returned the relics of two saints stolen during the crusades to the Ecumenical Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, during a mass in Rome.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin meets Pope Benedict in a new effort to heal the Vatican-Orthodox rift.
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ROME, Aug 27  - Russian Patriarch Alexy II blasted the Roman Catholic and Protestant Churches Friday for proselytising in traditionally Orthodox areas of the former Soviet Union, even as the Vatican handed over a precious icon to his Orthodox Church.
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MUNICH, Germany  - Pope Benedict, continuing a   nostalgic visit to the German city where he served as   archbishop, on Sunday celebrates an outdoor mass expected to   draw hundreds of thousands of people.
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A massive Russian church bell that hung for decades at Harvard was returned to a Moscow monastery Wednesday, nearly 80 years after it and 17 others were rescued from Stalin's religious purges by a U.S. industrialist.
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ISTANBUL: Hundreds of Greek Orthodox faithful yesterday welcomed the return of the remains of two saints 800 years after Crusaders snatched the relics from Constantinople.
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Pope Benedict XVI focused on healing the rift between the once-united Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches.
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The pope won't be going to Istanbul, but in a gesture to the Orthodox Church he is returning the relics of two saints that were seized by Crusaders 800 years ago, Vatican officials said Thursday.
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A replica of a sacred Russian Orthodox icon the Roman Catholic church purchased for $1 million will be returned to Russia&#39;s patriarch, the BBC reported.
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The Vatican returned a Russian icon venerated by Pope John Paul II to Moscow on Friday in a gesture aimed at improving strained relations with the Russian Orthodox Church and possibly clearing the way for a visit by the ailing pontiff.
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Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Alexy II believes that his meeting with the Pope is possible only if all problems in relations between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church are settled.
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A Vatican delegation has returned a centuries-old Russian Orthodox icon to Russia&#39;s Orthodox patriarch in a special ceremony. The Icon of Our Lady of Kazan, which has spent the last
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VATICAN CITY -- Pope John Paul is returning centuries-old relics of two Orthodox Christian saints in an effort to bridge the divide between the two churches.
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Pope Benedict XVI becomes the first pontiff to visit a holy icon believed to carry an imprint of Christ's face.
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There is emotional reaction to the Pope's appearance to read his traditional Sunday blessing from hospital, as the BBC's Katya Adler reports.
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In an unexpected about-face, Pope Benedict will restore power and prestige to the Vatican department that oversees dialogue with Islam a year after he controversially downgraded it.