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Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill and Roman Catholic Pope Francis met in the Western Hemisphere’s least religious country, the first meeting since the 1000-year-old divorce between their two Christian sects. Here’s how the Middle East brought them to the Caribbean.
Russian fourth graders will learn about one of six religions under a new program implemented in that country this school year. Under the new program, lobbied for by the Russian Orthodox Church, parents can choose from six religion or belief systems to learn about.
Maria Alyokhina, 24, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 22, and Yekaterina Samutsevich will spend the next two years in prison after a Russian judge determined they had offended the sensibilities of religious people with an anti-Vladimir Putin protest performance in an Orthodox Cathedral.
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