A high-ranking envoy of Pope Benedict XVI reportedly called for the strengthening of "brotherly relations" between the Roman Catholic and Armenian Apostolic Churches during a visit to Armenia on Monday.
Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, prefect of the Catholic Congregation for Eastern Churches, met with Catholicos Garegin II , the supreme head of the Armenian Church, at his official residence in Echmiadzin. They held talks there before praying together at the main Armenian cathedral also located in the town 20 kilometers south of Yerevan.
"Cardinal Sandri … addressed the Roman Catholic Church's brotherly relations with the Armenian Church, expressing hope that they will become even closer and deeper," read a statement issued by Garegin's press office. It said Sandri, whose congregation oversees Catholic communities in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, passed on Benedict's "warm greetings" to the top Armenian cleric.
Armenian News
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