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Russian Catholics mourn death of Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II

Moscow, December 5, Interfax - Russian Catholics pray for the soul of Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II.

"Russian Catholics jointly with their Orthodox brethren are sorry about the enormous loss befalling them and pray for eternal peace for Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II and hope that Christ will lay at rest the soul of His servant of many years in eternal light of His Kingdom," Joseph Werth, the chairman of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Russia, said. Alexy II wisely cared for many millions of Russian Orthodox Church believers in this fateful and complicated period of changes for the Church, the State and the whole of the Russian people and then worked unceasingly to reconstruct the ecclesiastical unity damaged in the period of civil and church unrest, he said.

The Patriarch has always been ready for the Orthodox-Catholic dialog which he revealed even in the most difficult years of mutual misunderstanding and separation, he said. Catholic Archbishop for Moscow Paolo Pezzi said the memory of faithful Catholics will maintain the firmness of his Holiness in the readiness for the Orthodox-Catholic dialog which was never interrupted even in the most difficult times of mutual misunderstanding and separation.

Jointly with the Catholic community of Russia, I hope that God will lay to rest the soul of His faithful servant Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II in His Kingdom, Pezzi said. Moscow, December 5, Interfax - Russian Catholics pray for the soul of Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II.

"Russian Catholics jointly with their Orthodox brethren are sorry about the enormous loss befalling them and pray for eternal peace for Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II and hope that Christ will lay at rest the soul of His servant of many years in eternal light of His Kingdom," Joseph Werth, the chairman of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Russia, said. Alexy II wisely cared for many millions of Russian Orthodox Church believers in this fateful and complicated period of changes for the Church, the State and the whole of the Russian people and then worked unceasingly to reconstruct the ecclesiastical unity damaged in the period of civil and church unrest, he said.

The Patriarch has always been ready for the Orthodox-Catholic dialog which he revealed even in the most difficult years of mutual misunderstanding and separation, he said.

Catholic Archbishop for Moscow Paolo Pezzi said the memory of faithful Catholics will maintain the firmness of his Holiness in the readiness for the Orthodox-Catholic dialog which was never interrupted even in the most difficult times of mutual misunderstanding and separation. Jointly with the Catholic community of Russia, I hope that God will lay to rest the soul of His faithful servant Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II in His Kingdom, Pezzi said.

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