TRIBUTE TO HIS HOLINESS PATRIARCH ALEXY II

Listen to Pope Benedict XVI's message of condolence to the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow on hearing of the death of His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II , read for us by Sean Patrick Lovett. And also to Philippa Hitchen's interview with the head of the Vatican's Council for Christian Unity , Cardinal Walter Kasper who describes His Holiness the Patriarch , as a committed pastor who led his Church through the challenges of transition from the Soviet era to the present day ...