Pope Francis and Patriarch Bartholomew at the PhanarFull communion? Not yet, and not anytime soon. Why today's encounter was not a breakthrough.

(For the background to this article, please see Why Catholic-Orthodox reunion probably won't happen: Five recent statements from Patriarch Bartholomew, and a reminder from 2009.)

As scheduled, Pope Francis today attended the Divine Liturgy celebrated by Patriarch Bartholomew in honor of the Apostle Andrew, whom the Church of Constantinople claims as its founder. The Divine Liturgy was followed

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