普京跟教宗本篤十六世會面
(2007-03-14 07:35:00)
俄羅斯 總統普京周二首次到梵蒂岡跟教宗本篤十六世會面。 梵蒂岡發表聲明，梵俄關係友好，兩人會面在非常正面的氣氛下進行。兩人會面時以德語溝通，那是教宗的母語，亦是普京在1980年代於東德出任特工時所操的語言。 兩人會面前，梵蒂岡官員指，普京到訪有助進一步改善羅馬天主教及俄羅斯東正教之間的關係。
Putin Meets With Pope at the Vatican Mar 13 02:30 PM US/Eastern By VICTOR L. SIMPSON Associated Press Writer VATICAN CITY (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Pope Benedict XVI met Tuesday for the highest-level Kremlin-Vatican talks in more than three years, focusing on easing tension between Roman Catholics and Orthodox Christians and finding common ground in denouncing intolerance and extremism. A Vatican statement issued after the meeting—which included 25 minutes of private talks—made no mention of an invitation by Putin for the pope to visit Russia. Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi said a visit had not come up. Still, the talks appeared to have met Vatican expectations, with the statement saying they were held in a "very positive climate." Benedict wished Putin "a warm welcome to the Vatican" in the pope's native German, the language of their talks. The meeting—the first between Benedict and Putin—is part of a visit that takes the Russian leader to Italy and Greece this week. Tension with the Russian Orthodox Church has stood in the way of a papal visit to Russia. The Russian church accuses Roman Catholics of improperly seeking converts in areas that traditionally would be Russian Orthodox. The Vatican has rejected the accusations, saying it is only ministering to Russia's tiny Catholic community of about 600,000 people in a country of 144 million. Property disputes between the churches have also put them at odds. The late Pope John Paul II's hopes of going to Moscow were thwarted by lack of agreement with the Orthodox Church leadership. Putin's predecessors, Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin, invited John Paul to Russia. Putin, in two meetings at the Vatican with John Paul, did not issue an invitation. The Russian president last came to the Vatican in November 2003. The Vatican communique said among the themes discussed Tuesday were "relations between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church" as well as the leaders' interest in improving ties between the Vatican and Russia. The communique called extremism and intolerance "grave threats to peaceful coexistence among nations" and urged a "negotiated and peaceful resolution" of conflicts. They also discussed the Middle East, but no details were given.
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