Pope meets with leader of Orthodox Christians, renews calls for Christian unity
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Pope Benedict XVI has renewed his call for Christian unity during a meeting at the Vatican with the leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, Patriarch Bartholomew I.The pope says visits with Orthodox leaders provide the chance for "brotherly conversations and moments of common prayer."The pope has also called for increased joint activities "in our path toward the communion of all Christ's disciples."The Vatican under Benedict has been reaching out to the world's 250 million Orthodox Christians to try to heal the nearly 1,000-year-old schism between the two main branches of Christianity.Bartholomew's visit also includes a ceremony later Saturday with the pope in memory of St. Paul.
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