In Hopes of Peace - Pope Francis Interrupts Vacation to Meet with Russia's Orthodox Metropolitan Antonij of Volokolamsk in the Vatican - VIDEO

Amid the Pope's countless appeals for peace in the ongoing war in Ukraine, Pope Francis received Russian Orthodox Metropolitan Antonij of Volokolamsk in the Vatican on July 12th afternoon, according to the Holy See Press Office.
Russian Metropolitan Antonij of Volokolamsk, is head of the Department for External Relations of the Patriarchate of Moscow.



This marks the second visit of Metropolitan Antonij, the head of the Department for External Relations of the Patriarchate of Moscow, in the Vatican, after his 5 August 2022 visit, which was part of the ecumenical contacts between the Pope and the Patriarchate of Moscow.
That encounter was following a March 16th video call between Pope Francis and the Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, in which the Pope invited all Christians and Christian pastors to work toward peace.
Pope Francis and Metropolitan Antonij also participated in the Seventh Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions in Kazakhstan in September 2022.

Image from 2022 - Vatican Media

Source: Vatican News