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Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, leader of the world's 300 million Orthodox Christians, meets then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI) at the 2005 funeral of Pope John Paul II. The two will meet during the pope's Nov. 28-Dec. 1 visit to Turkey. Religion News Service photo courtesy of N. Manginas/Orthodox Observer.
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(RNS3-NOV21) Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, leader of the world’s 300 million Orthodox Christians, meets then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI) at the 2005 funeral of Pope John Paul II. The two will meet during the pope’s Nov. 28-Dec. 1 visit to Turkey. See RNS-POPE-TURKEY and RNS-POPE-ORTHODOX, both transmitted Nov. 21, 2006. Religion News Service photo courtesy of N. Manginas/Orthodox Observer.

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