Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, during a historic meeting Friday, called for restored Christian unity and urgent action to help Christians threatened by violence in the Middle East.
"We hope our meeting contributes to the re-establishment of this unity wished for by God," they said in a joint declaration signed at their talks in Cuba, the first such meeting between the leaders of the Eastern and Western churches in nearly a thousand years.
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