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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Philip Pullella

Russia's pro-war patriarch conspicuously absent in pope's Kazakh trip

FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis (L) and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill stand together after a meeting in Havana, February 12, 2016. REUTERS/Alejandro Ernesto/Pool/File Photo

Pope Francis leaves on Tuesday for a peace meeting of world religious leaders in Kazakhstan marked by the conspicuous absence of Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, who supports the war in Ukraine.

Kirill had been expected to attend the Seventh Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, and Francis had several times said he was willing to talk to him.

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