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Church in the WorldNuncio defends Orthodox ChurchRussia Jonathan Luxmoore - 1 September 2007The Vatican's nuncio to Moscow has defended the Russian Orthodox Church against charges of "spreading clericalism" and submissiveness towards the Government of President Vladimir Putin, writes Jonathan Luxmoore. The intervention from Archbishop Antonio Mennini comes after a group of top Russian academics issued an open letter accusing the Russian Orthodox Church of fostering a new national and religious ideology. Archbishop Mennini said he did not think there were grounds for talking about clericalism in Russia's political and public life. "Like other faiths here, the Orthodox Church is regaining its place in Russian society after decades of atheism and repression, when millions of believers were denied any real opportunity to seek the Gospel's spiritual foundations and the moral values brought by the Good News," he told the Interfax news agency. The 69-year-old church official said the Vatican had endorsed Church-State separation in its treaties and concordats, but also believed both should cooperate in helping "develop the human person for the nation's betterment". |
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