4 Aug 2022 16:46

'Foreign ministers' of Russian Orthodox Church, Holy See meet in Vatican

MOSCOW. Aug 4 (Interfax) - Metropolitan Anthony, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate's Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States of the Holy See.

The meeting was held in the Vatican's Apostolic Palace on Thursday, according to a report published on the DECR site.

"The meeting addressed current issues relating to relations between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church," the report said.

Metropolitan Anthony is in Rome on an archbishop's visit on issues relating to the affairs of the administration of the Russian Orthodox Church's parishes in Italy.