Pope Francis to have historic meeting with head of Russian Orthodox Church

It’s a meeting nearly a millennium in the making.Pope Francis will meet the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kyril on Friday in Cuba, the Vatican announced.It will be the first meeting between the heads of the Catholic and Russian Orthodox churches in history. The Eastern Orthodox and Western factions of Christianity broke apart during the Great Schism in 1054. The Vatican has repaired relations with several branches of ...