Source: Catholic Herald by Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith Catholics would agree with much of what Metropolitan Hilarion has said, but what can we actually do? Metropolitan Hilarion, who is the ‘foreign minister’ of the Russian Orthodox Church, has recently been in London, where he gave a speech at a conference organised by the Russian Embassy. The Russian Embassy website reproduces the speech in toto here. The Russian Orthodox Church website gives a list of participants at the symposium, which was focused on the Christian Future of Europe. The speech given by Hilarion was certainly interesting, and revelatory of the thought of the Russian Church. He…
Pope Benedict XVI (L), flanked by Metropolite Hilarion Alfeyev (C), welcomes Italian actress Sophia Loren (R) at the end of the concert offered by Russian Patriarch Kirill I in the Paolo VI hall at the Vatican on May 20, 2010, to mark the russian day of culture and spirituality. AFP PHOTO/ VINCENZO PINTO (Photo credit should read VINCENZO PINTO/AFP/Getty Images)