Pope announces meeting with Patriarch Bartholomew
The Pope. Photo: romfea.gr
The new head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV, has announced preparations for a meeting with Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople.
“The meeting with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew will take place, we are preparing it,” Pope Leo XIV said during a press conference on May 13, 2025.
This concerns a meeting previously arranged by Patriarch Bartholomew and the late Pope Francis. It was scheduled for May 26 in Nicaea (Asia Minor) to mark the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council (325 AD).
Leo XIV has not yet clarified whether the meeting will take place on the planned date or be postponed for organizational reasons.
Patriarch Bartholomew is expected to arrive in Rome this coming Sunday, May 18, to take part in the enthronement of the new head of the Roman Church and to hold a separate meeting with him.
Earlier, the UOJ reported that Patriarch Bartholomew expressed hope that the successor of the late Pope Francis would continue the dialogue on the joint celebration of Easter by the Orthodox and Catholics.
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