One of the late Pope John Paul II’s unfulfilled dreams was to visit Moscow and forge a rapprochement with the Orthodox Church. But, although he was invited to Moscow by Russia’s three most recent presidents – Vladimir Putin, Boris Yeltsin, and Mikhail Gorbachev – opposition to the visit by Orthodox Patriarch Alexi prevented the Pope from making the journey before he died.
前任教皇保罗二世一直梦想访问莫斯科，与东正教重修旧好，却未能如愿。尽管曾受到俄罗斯最近三位总统——普京、叶利钦及戈尔巴乔夫访问莫斯科的邀请，但由于东正教大主教亚力克西极力反对，教皇至死也未能成行。教皇本尼迪克特十六世能完成自己前任兼好友未尽的心愿，成功突破吗?