New Ecumenical Strides in Russia

(21 Dec 06 - RV) The Catholic Church in Russia has asked that the Orthodox Church send a priest to follow the pastoral care of the Orthodox believers who are being aidied by ‘Caritas’ in Nizhniy Novgorod, to the East of Moscow. Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz, the Archbishop of the Mother of God Archdiocese in the Russian Capital, underlined the Ecumenical importance of this step in furthering closer bonds between Orthodox and Catholics in Russia...