Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill sign declaration on religious unity, discuss conflicts in Syria, Iraq and Ukraine

by Lydia Tomkiw
February 12, 2016

After a historic meeting in Havana, Roman Catholic Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill signed a joint declaration on religious unity. The leaders of the Roman Catholic Church and the Russian Orthodox Church had not spoken since 1054 when the Great Schism divided the eastern and western Christian churches.