Pope departs Rome for three-day meeting of religious leaders in Kazakhstan

Record ID: 1689118

  • Title: Pope departs Rome for three-day meeting of religious leaders in Kazakhstan
  • Date: 13th September 2022
  • Summary: ROME, ITALY (SEPTEMBER 13, 2022) (REUTERS) PAPAL PLANE AND AIRPLANE PASSENGER LIFT WAITING ON TARMAC AIRPORT STAFF WAITING AT AIRPLANE PASSENGER LIFT, WHEELCHAIR PARKED NEARBY VARIOUS OF POPE FRANCIS ARRIVING ON TARMAC IN CAR / POPE BEING HELPED OFF CAR ONTO WHEELCHAIR POPE SHAKING HANDS WITH AIR CREW POPE BEING WHEELED ONTO AIRPLANE PASSENGER LIFT PAPAL PLANE ON TARMAC, FLAGS OF THE VATICAN AND ITALY FLYING POPE BEING WHEELED ONTO AIRPLANE PASSENGER LIFT VARIOUS OF PAPAL PLANE, FLAGS OF THE VATICAN AND ITALY FLUTTERING POPE BEING WHEELED OFF AIRPLANE PASSENGER LIFT ONTO PAPAL PLANE VARIOUS OF PAPAL PLANE, FLAGS OF THE VATICAN AND ITALY FLUTTERING UNIFORMED GUARDS WALKING, WEARING HATS WITH RED FEATHERS, CARRYING SWORDS PAPAL PLANE ON TARMAC, FLAGS OF THE VATICAN AND ITALY FLUTTERING PAPAL PLANE TAKING OFF
  • Embargoed: 27th September 2022 09:04
  • Keywords: Departure Kazakhstan Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport Papal plane Pope Francis Rome Rome Airport Vatican
  • Location: ROME, ITALY
  • City: ROME, ITALY
  • Country: Italy
  • Topics: Europe,Religion/Belief,Society/Social Issues
  • Reuters ID: LVA001472112092022RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Pope Francis on Tuesday (September 13) departed Rome's Fiumicino airport for his apostolic visit to Kazakhstan.
    Francis is due to be in the capital Nur-Sultan from Sept. 13-15 to attend the VII Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions in Kazakhstan; a meeting marked by the conspicuous absence of the head of Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, who supports the war in Ukraine.
    Kirill had been expected to attend the congress, and Francis had several times said he was willing to talk to him. Their meeting in Cuba in 2016 was the first between a pope and a Russian Orthodox patriarch since the Great Schism of 1054 divided Christianity into Eastern and Western branches.
    But the Russian Church abruptly announced last month that Kirill would skip the meeting in the Kazak capital. It gave no reason.
    The religious leaders are due to hold a silent prayer at the start of the meeting on Wednesday (September 14) and issue a joint statement at the end.
    Francis is scheduled to hold private meetings with several religious leaders but the Vatican has not yet announced who they are.
    (Production: Gabriele Pileri, Oriana Boselli)
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