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(25 May 2014) Pope Francis and the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, Bartholomew I, embraced and shook hands on Sunday outside the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, marking 50 years since hostilities between the two churches were put to rest.
Centuries of antagonism, excommunication and rivalries between the Catholic and Orthodox churches ended at a Jerusalem residence on the Mount of Olives when Pope Paul VI and the then Orthodox spiritual leader, Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras, met on 5 January 1964.
For both denominations, separated since the 11th century, the event was revolutionary, so much so that the 50th anniversary is the main reason for Pope Francis' trip to the Holy Land.
In the church built atop the site where tradition holds Jesus was crucified, buried and then resurrected, Francis chose to use the occasion to highlight the ongoing divisions in the Middle East as well as other global issues.
"Standing as pilgrims in these holy places, we also remember in our prayers the entire Middle East, so frequently and lamentably marked by acts of violence and conflict," said Francis.
Bartholomew addressed the issue of religious fanaticism and called for understanding among people of different religions.
"Religious fanaticism already threatens peace in many regions of the globe, where they very gift of life is sacrificed on the alter of religious hatred. In the face of such conditions, the message of the life-giving tomb is urgent and clear: love the other, the different other, the followers of other faiths and other confessions," said Bartholomew.
After a day spent in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, where he held a mass, Pope Francis is set to meet Israeli officials on Monday.


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