Pope Receives High-Ranking Russian Orthodox Cleric

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Pope Leo XIV held a first meeting on Saturday with a senior Russian Orthodox cleric at the Vatican since becoming the head of the Catholic Church earlier this year, the Holy See said without giving further details. Leo, who has called on the Kremlin to make a "gesture" towards peace in Ukraine, received Metropolitan Anthony of ...