VATICAN CITY/MOSCOW (Reuters) — A meeting between Pope Francis and Russia's Orthodox Patriarch Kirill on Friday could not happen without a green light from President Vladimir Putin, diplomats and analysts say, and he may be one the beneficiaries.
In a landmark step towards healing the 1,000-year-old rift between the Western and Eastern branches of Christianity, the two religious leaders will meet in Havana on the pope's way to Mexico.
BOSTON – Gov. Charlie Baker's endorsements of Massachusetts Republican State Committee candidates is stirring up some controversy within the party.
Steven Aylward, a conservative state committee member from Watertown, hasn't gotten Baker's backing, while his opponent for the Second Suffolk and Middlesex district seat, Neil St. Clair of Boston, says he has the governor's support. Aylward says Baker didn't respond to his request for an endorsement.
