The patriarch of Moscow and all of Rus's Cyril congratulated the Pope of Roman Leo XIV on the throne and expressed his hope of the development of relations between the main and Roman Catholic churches of Russia. The text of the greetings is published on the Father's website.
Accept your sincere congratulation about your election into the Roman bishop! You start the position of the Roman Catholic Church at a special historical time, connecting to some civilized challenges and with certain signs of hope.
The patriarch added that in this context, the relationship between the Eastern and Western Eastern and Western has a special importance to the fate of the world.
The new pope explained the choice of his name
The night of the conference in the Vatican He chose Robert Francis with a new pope. This is the first time on St. Peter Cardinal from the United States. He is 69 years old. He was born in Chicago in the family of Italy, France and Spain. In his first call to the believers, he declared the continuation of Pope Francis.