Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia MOSCOW, January 7 Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia told that Pope Francis sent him a message, which was conveyed by the chairman of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Russia (CCER), Archbishop Pavel Pezzi. «I would like to thank our guests — Catholic Archbishop Pavel Pezzi, who is staying here in Moscow. I thank you for that message from Pope Francis, which you conveyed to me, I very much appreciate the good relations that have developed between us, and God forbid that they be refracted in many, many joint actions, including the achievement of peace where there is no peace, «said Patriarch Kirill in a sermon after the Christmas service at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. The recording of his speech was provided to RIA Novosti by the press service of the Moscow Patriarchate. Pope Francis announced on December 6 last year that he was ready to pay a visit to Russia and intends to soon discuss with the head of the Department for External Church Relations (DECR) of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev) of Volokolamsk, the question of his new meeting with Patriarch Kirill. The pontiff announced this during the traditional press conference on board the plane returning from Athens to Rome at the end of the apostolic trip to Cyprus and Greece. Metropolitan Hilarion met with Pope Francis at the Vatican on December 22. 
Metropolitan told where Patriarch Kirill and Pope Francis can meet
