“The Pope wants to meet with Cyril not during the war, so that nothing distracts from theological issues.
So far, this is not being discussed, ”TASS quotes the hierarch.
He added that the dialogue is maintained, including with the head of the department for external church relations of the Russian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk.
Earlier, Pope Francis proposed holding talks between Russia and the West on a Ukrainian settlement in the Vatican.