VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis will be traveling to Kazakhstan, a country nestled between Russia and China, on Tuesday for a 'pilgrimage of dialogue and peace,' as he attends a summit of global religious leaders. But the Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill's recent cancellation casts a shadow over the pope's hope to mediate peace in the Russia-Ukraine conflict at the gathering. 'It will be an opportunity to meet many religious representatives and dialogue with brothers, moved by the common desire for peace, a peace our world thirsts for,' Pope Francis told the thousands gathered at St.

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