Pope to Meet Putin; Could Help Mend Catholic-Orthodox Ties

Pope to Meet Putin; Could Help Mend Catholic-Orthodox Ties
Pope Francis will receive Russian President Vladimir Putin on Nov. 25, an encounter that could help mend strained relations between the Vatican and the Russian Orthodox Church. Russian-Vatican relations have been fraught since the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union, with Moscow accusing the Roman Catholic Church of trying to poach believers from the Russian Orthodox Church, a charge the Vatican denies.