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Map of Europe and the eastern Mediterranean showing the division between Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christianity following the Schism of 1054. A red line marks the separation between Western (Roman Catholic) and Eastern (Orthodox) regions, with major centers of early Christianity, such as Rome, Constantinople, Antioch, and Alexandria, indicated by black dots.
Pope Francis and Patriarch Bartholomew
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