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The pope will visit Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, spiritual head of the world\u2019s more than 300 million Eastern Orthodox Christians, in Istanbul at the end of this month. Can they help to overcome Christianity\u2019s centuries of division?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“East and West are not contradictory to each other. They are part of the same body,\u201d says Metropolitan Elpidophoros, a bishop in the Greek Orthodox Church in Istanbul. \u201cAnd in the last years, thank God, we have extremely good relations.” More →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":103,"featured_media":24682,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6569],"tags":[17932,11054,1853,6644,2338],"class_list":["post-24657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videocast","tag-eastern-orthodox","tag-pope-francis-i","tag-reconciliation","tag-rome","tag-turkey","topics-international","topics-religious-leaders","faith-catholic","faith-christian","faith-eastern-orthodox"],"yoast_head":"\nPope Francis Trip to Turkey<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Pope Francis travels to the center of Eastern Orthodox Christianity and in predominantly Muslim Turkey.\" \/>\n<meta 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